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Finger :: Finger (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

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..

Cue :: Cue (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.

Jack :: Jack (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards.

Outthrow :: Outthrow (v. t.) To excel in throwing, as in ball playing..

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..

Bat :: Bat (n.) A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc..

Magnificent :: Magnificent (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence..

Lead :: Lead (n.) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead..

Punnet :: Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers..

Tennis :: Tennis (v. t.) To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis..

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..

Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..

Hornpipe :: Hornpipe (n.) A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing..

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.

Plucky :: Plucky (superl.) Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race..

Tongue :: Tongue (v. t.) To modulate or modify with the tongue, as notes, in playing the flute and some other wind instruments..

Spilikin :: Spilikin (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins.

Playing :: Playing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pla.

Doddart :: Doddart (n.) A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game..

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