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Sport :: Sport (n.) Play; idle jingle.

Pietist :: Pietist (n.) One of a class of religious reformers in Germany in the 17th century who sought to revive declining piety in the Protestant churches; -- often applied as a term of reproach to those who make a display of religious feeling. Also used adjectively.

Display :: Display (v. i.) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.

Game :: Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards..

Trump :: Trump (v. t.) To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick..

Hydraulicon :: Hydraulicon (n.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ.

Truant :: Truant (v. i.) To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant..

Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].

Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..

Table :: Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.

Act :: Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..

Scrimmage :: Scrimmage (n.) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.

Game :: Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..

Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..

Football :: Football (n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.

Thrum :: Thrum (v. i.) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

Dealer :: Dealer (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.

Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Policy :: Policy (n.) A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy..

Frolic :: Frolic (n.) A scene of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking..

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