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Playa :: Playa (n.) A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation..

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual..

Parquetry :: Parquetry (n.) A species of joinery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors..

Lay :: Lay (n.) A meadow. See Lea.

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

Dummy :: Dummy (n.) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.

Personate :: Personate (v. i.) To play or assume a character.

Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

Presently :: Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by..

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Hunt''s-up :: Hunt's-up (n.) A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousing sound or call..

Interlay :: Interlay (v. t.) To lay or place among or between.

Mesothelium :: Mesothelium (n.) Epithelial mesoderm; a layer of cuboidal epithelium cells, formed from a portion of the mesoderm during the differetiation of the germ layers. It constitutes the boundary of the c/lum..

Catcall :: Catcall (n.) A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise..

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Malay :: Malay (n.) One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.

Tennis :: Tennis (n.) A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand..

Handyy-dandy :: Handyy-dandy (n.) A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit..

Exhibit :: Exhibit (v. t.) To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery..

Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.

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