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Plectrum :: Plectrum (n.) A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments..

Underplot :: Underplot (n.) A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it..

Ante :: Ante (n.) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins..

Ball :: Ball (n.) A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc..

Mallet :: Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet..

Fiddlestick :: Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow..

Tinker :: Tinker (v. i.) To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works..

Trick :: Trick (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players..

Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

Firework :: Firework (n.) A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocke

Loo :: Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo..

Sycophant :: Sycophant (v. t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..

Lake :: Lake (v. i.) To play; to sport.

Loco :: Loco (adv.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

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..

Three-handed :: Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards..

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..

Cast :: Cast (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

Sword-shaped :: Swordplayer (n.) A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

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