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ub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; -- called also rest- harrow. -- Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game. -- Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb (Veronica officinalis) with small blue flowers, common in Europe and America, formerly thought to have curative properties. -…

Dirty; unclean. [Colloq.] The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.

To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.

The act or practice of hunting or shooting game with a gun. The art of gunning was but little practiced. Goldsmith.

Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc.

A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it to and fro between them with the hands, or alternately against a wall, until one side or the other fails to return the ball.

An old game at cards. [Obs.] Pepys.

ll constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. Hare and hounds, a game played by men and boys, two, called hares, having a few minutes' start, and scattering bits of paper to indicate their course, being chased by the others, called the hounds, through a wide circuit. -- Hare kangaroo (Zoöl.).,…

A game of chance played with dice. Chaucer.

A player at the game of hazard; a gamester. [Obs.] Chaucer.

s, of the genus Triodia (T. decumbens), growing on dry heaths. -- Heath grouse, or Heath game (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heats; -- called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl. The male is called, heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen…

A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.

A judge or umpire in games or combats.

Of or pertaining to the liver and kidneys; as, the hepatorenal ligament.

Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.

See Cinch (the game).

A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.

A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

The person blindfolded in the game called hoodman-blind. [Obs.] Shak.

A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. Addison.