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Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..

In-and-in :: In-and-in (n.) An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four dice alike..

Pander :: Pander (v. t.) To play the pander for.

Renounce :: Renounce (v. t.) To disclaim having a card of (the suit led) by playing a card of another suit.

Company :: Company (n.) The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.

Fum :: Fum (v. i.) To play upon a fiddle.

Card :: Card (n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards..

Caperclaw :: Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse..

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard)..

Exposition :: Exposition (n.) The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

Fives :: Fives (n. pl.) A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game..

Blindman''s Buff :: Blindman's buff () A play in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the company and tell who it is..

Vaunt :: Vaunt (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag..

Polo :: Polo (n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates..

Make-believe :: Make-believe (n.) A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention..

Instrumentalist :: Instrumentalist (n.) One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist..

Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.

Gaudery :: Gaudery (n.) Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.

Play :: Play (n.) Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.

Gamble :: Gamble (v. i.) To play or game for money or other stake.

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