Game

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

II. Game ·noun To play at any sport or diversion.

III. Game ·vi Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

IV. Game ·vi Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

V. Game ·adj Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

VI. Game ·adj Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.

VII. Game ·vi In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

VIII. Game ·vi The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

IX. Game ·noun To Rejoice; to be pleased;

— often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.

X. Game ·vi A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.

XI. Game ·vi 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.

XII. Game ·vi 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.

XIII. Game ·noun To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to Gamble.

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