Definition of game

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Game (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table..

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Pool :: Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes..
Beater :: Beater (n.) A person who beats up game for the hunters.
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To perceive or follow by the scent; to scent; to nose; as, the hounds winded the game..
Catstick :: Catstick (n.) A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.
Trash :: Trash (v. t.) To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously..
Clumps :: Clumps (n.) A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two clumps or groups, the clump which guesses the word winning the game..
Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..
Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..
Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.
Loggat :: Loggat (n.) An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground..
Sport :: Sport (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked..
Matrimony :: Matrimony (n.) A kind of game at cards played by several persons.
Bunko :: Bunko (n.) A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery..
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
Maw :: Maw (n.) An old game at cards.
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie..
Stalk :: Stalk (v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover..
Putting :: Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game..
Sandpiper :: Sandpiper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
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