Definition of game

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Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc..

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Soil :: Soil (n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer..
Tenpins :: Tenpins (n.) A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins..
Rest :: Rest (n.) A set or game at tennis.
Forester :: Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
Slidegroat :: Slidegroat (n.) The game of shovelboard.
Inguinal :: Inguinal (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia..
Ringtoss :: Ringtoss (n.) A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.
Barde :: Barde (pl.) A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Tinchel :: Tinchel (n.) A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass..
Player :: Player (n.) One who plays any game.
Gamecock :: Gamecock (n.) The male game fowl.
Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..
Setting :: Setting (n.) The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter..
Marble :: Marble (n.) A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles..
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons..
Basset :: Basset (n.) A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice..
Hunt :: Hunt (n.) The game secured in the hunt.
Game :: Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game..
Retrieve :: Retrieve (v. i.) To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve..
Point :: Point (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer..
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