Definition of play

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Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action..

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Unfold :: Unfold (v. t.) To open, as anything covered or close; to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to display; to disclose; to reveal; to elucidate; to explain; as, to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science..
Toyhouse :: Toyhouse (n.) A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Violinist :: Violinist (n.) A player on the violin.
Slug :: Slug (n.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc..
Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..
Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..
Player :: Player (n.) A dramatic actor.
Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Show :: Show (n.) Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
Tibicinate :: Tibicinate (v. i.) To play on a tibia, or pipe..
Labradorite :: Labradorite (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle..
Trick :: Trick (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
Quintole :: Quintole (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.
Sideboard :: Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players.
Boston :: Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war..
Cittern :: Cittern (n.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum..
Praise :: Praise (v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
Scrimmage :: Scrimmage (n.) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
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