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• Play

  ·noun Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. II. Play ·noun Performance on an instrument of music. III...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• play

  to play, to boil, spoken of a kettle, pot, or other vessel full of liquor ; playing hot, boiling hot...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• play

  Motion in the frame, masts, &c. Also said of the marine steam-engine when it is in action or in play...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Match play

  ·add. ·- Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; — dist...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Medal play

  ·add. ·- Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Le Tennis Play

  Two tenements so called in the parish of Allhallows the Less formerly belonging to St. Thomas of Aco...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to play possum

  'He's playing possum with you,' is a common expression at the South and West, and means that he is d...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• play-actor

  A theatrical performer. The expression is objectionable, because the term actor is itself a technica...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Play House Yard

  East out of Water Lane, Blackfriars, to Church Entry. In Farringdon Ward Within (P.O. Directory). F...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• tower hill play

  A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to play second fiddle

  is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.