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To play the thief; to steal. [Cant] But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.

A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.

ork, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.

of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain. -- Chain coral. See under Chain. -- Coral animal (Zoöl.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. -- Cor…

A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon.

A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call coruscation. Boyle.

he universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described. I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The costume…

The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties. Dryden.

ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.

A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them. -- Court breeding, education acquired at court. -- Court card. Same as Coat card. -- Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news r…

A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.] A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.

One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. Sherwood.

The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.

A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop. Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. Goldsmith. Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. Pope.…

se or train in infancy. He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. Glanvill.

To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.] You have crafted fair. Shak.

One who boasts; a braggart. [Obs.] Old Play.