Definition of playing

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Playing () a. & vb. n. of Play.

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Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..
#NAME? :: -ing () A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument..
Arpeggio :: Arpeggio (n.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played..
Demonstrative :: Demonstrative (a.) Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative..
Bass Viol :: Bass viol () A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello..
Cockal :: Cockal (n.) The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..
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.].
Lyrism :: Lyrism (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
Finger :: Finger (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument..
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major..
Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
Fielding :: Fielding (n.) The act of playing as a fielder.
Capot :: Capot (v. t.) To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
Collusion :: Collusion (n.) A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.
Pack :: Pack (n.) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack..
Tongue :: Tongue (v. i.) To use the tongue in forming the notes, as in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..
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