PPage 253
- English Word Play Definition Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
- English Word Play Definition Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
- English Word Play Definition The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
- English Word Play Definition Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
- English Word Play Definition A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
- English Word Play Definition The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
- English Word Play Definition Performance on an instrument of music.
- English Word Play Definition Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.
- English Word Play Definition Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
- English Word Playa Definition A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
- English Word Playbill Definition A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.
- English Word Playbook Definition A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.
- English Word Playday Definition A day given to play or diversion; a holiday.
- English Word Played Definition of Play
- English Word Player Definition One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- English Word Player Definition One who plays any game.
- English Word Player Definition A dramatic actor.
- English Word Player Definition One who plays on an instrument of music.
- English Word Player Definition A gamester; a gambler.
- English Word Playfellow Definition A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.
- English Word Playfere Definition A playfellow.
- English Word Playful Definition Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.
- English Word Playgame Definition Play of children.
- English Word Playgoer Definition One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.
- English Word Playgoing Definition Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.
- English Word Playgoing Definition The practice of going to plays.
- English Word Playground Definition A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
- English Word Playhouse Definition A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
- English Word Playhouse Definition A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.
- English Word Playing Definition of Play