Definition of game

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Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest..

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Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention..
Move :: Move (n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game..
Gamble :: Gamble (v. i.) To play or game for money or other stake.
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..
Intercolumnar :: Intercolumnar (a.) Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue..
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Sacrosciatic :: Sacrosciatic (a.) Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone..
Open :: Open (v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game.
Check :: Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
Trash :: Trash (n.) A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game..
Purgament :: Purgament (n.) A cathartic; a purgative.
Jack :: "Jack (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n..
Capot :: Capot (n.) A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
Faro :: Faro (n.) A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack..
Shinney :: Shinney (n.) The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.
Base :: Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides..
Sandpiper :: Sandpiper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Trapball :: Trapball (n.) An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4..
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