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Flirt :: Flirt (v. i.) To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men..

Heart :: Heart (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps..

Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).

Poker :: Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States..

Pomp :: Pomp (n.) Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

Table :: Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table..

Oratorio :: Oratorio (n.) A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted..

Quintole :: Quintole (n.) A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of four of the same species.

Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Bank :: Bank (n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw..

Comedy :: Comedy (n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy..

Craft :: Craft (v. t.) To play tricks; to practice artifice.

Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..

Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Diamond :: Diamond (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond..

Play :: Play (n.) A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.

Act :: Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..

Rigoll :: Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end..

Playte :: Playte (n.) See Pleyt.

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) A game of chance played with dice.

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