Definition of play

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Play (n.) Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth..

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Histrionical :: Histrionical (a.) Of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
Stump :: Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out..
Djerrid :: Djerrid (n.) A game played with it.
Sporting :: Sportful (a.) Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive..
Violist :: Violist (n.) A player on the viol.
Lumachella :: Lumachella (n.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections..
Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds..
Successary :: Success (n.) That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player..
Bandy :: Bandy (v. t.) To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy..
Tiring-room :: Tiring-room (n.) The room or place where players dress for the stage.
Miss :: Miss (n.) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player..
Gladiature :: Gladiature (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (v. i.) To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.
Eleven :: Eleven (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven..
Displaying :: Displaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displa.
Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..
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..
Dramatist :: Dramatist (n.) The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.
Taw :: Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
Sharp :: Sharp (v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
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