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Tutor :: Tutor (v. t.) To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.

Play :: Play (v. t.) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks..

Go :: Go (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.

Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..

Goblin :: Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

Muster :: Muster (v. t.) To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like..

Spark :: Spark (v. i.) To play the spark, beau, or lover..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.

Tiring-room :: Tiring-room (n.) The room or place where players dress for the stage.

Singlestick :: Singlestick (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling..

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians; not used in the singular..

Overflourish :: Overflourish (v. t.) To make excessive display or flourish of.

Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..

Iridescence :: Iridescence (n.) Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color; as, the iridescence of mother-of-pearl..

Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..

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..

Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.

Loggat :: Loggat (n.) An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground..

Bass Viol :: Bass viol () A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello..

Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games..

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