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Check :: Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

Pool :: Pool (n.) The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes..

Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..

Dice :: Dice (n.) Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n..

Peg :: Peg (v. t.) To score with a peg, as points in the game; as, she pegged twelwe points..

Camp :: Camp (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England..

Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie..

Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog..

Scent :: Scent (v. t.) To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does..

Lurcher :: Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers..

Nineholes :: Nineholes (n. pl.) A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled..

Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..

Dummy :: Dummy (n.) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.

Poach :: Poach (v. & n.) To rob of game; to pocket and convey away by stealth, as game; hence, to plunder..

Hoodman :: Hoodman (n.) The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind.

Ombre :: Ombre (n.) A game at cards, borrowed from the Spaniards, and usually played by three persons..

Baseball :: Baseball (n.) The ball used in this game.

Djerrid :: Djerrid (n.) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.

Setter :: Setter (n.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching..

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