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Double-tonguing :: Double-tonguing (n.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing..

Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure..

Ripienist :: Ripienist (n.) A player in the ripieno portion of an orchestra. See Ripieno.

Violoncellist :: Violoncellist (n.) A player on the violoncello.

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

Taw :: Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.

Faro :: Faro (n.) A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack..

Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..

Baseball :: Baseball (n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball..

Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.

Hautboyist :: Hautboyist (n.) A player on the hautboy.

Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..

Split :: Split (v. i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value..

Single :: Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.

Touchback :: Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard)..

Violinist :: Violinist (n.) A player on the violin.

Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..

Player :: Player (n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler..

Spoilful :: Spoilfive (n.) A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled..

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