Definition of play

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Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..

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Trill :: Trill (v. i.) To utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.
Drawgloves :: Drawgloves (n. pl.) An old game, played by holding up the fingers..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..
Whiffler :: Whiffler (n.) One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
Frolic :: Frolic (v. i.) To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport..
Taw :: Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
Aside :: Aside (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear..
Cobnut :: Cobnut (n.) A game played by children with nuts.
Person :: Person (n.) A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character..
Sign :: Sign (n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Pibroch :: Pibroch (n.) A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle..
Deck :: Deck (v.) A pack or set of playing cards.
Gallant :: Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play..
Scraper :: Scraper (n.) One who plays awkwardly on a violin.
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment..
Piquet :: Piquet (n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside..
Error :: Error (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base..
Keno :: Keno (n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered..
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound..
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