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To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. "To lie, to face, to forge." Spenser.

racter, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. "I would call it fair play." Shak.

A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with.

Not truly; not honestly; falsely. "You play me false." Shak.

which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

ction; caprice; whim; impression. I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.

A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.…

hackeray. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." Shak. Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.), two pulleys p…

Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing. Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. Milton. Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. Macaulay.

An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.

A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.

The act of playing as a fielder.

To play on a fife.

One who plays on a fife.

Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.

To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.] She has a good finger. Busby. Ear finger, the little finger. -- Finger alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines pla…