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(Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; -- said of the hawk. Encyc. Brit.

A dog that beats the ground in search of game.

Hence, to disconcert; to confuse; as, to rattle one's judgment; to rattle a player in a game. [Colloq.]

A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.

An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard.

A drawn game; specif. (Trente et quarante),

at certain places to relive the tired dogs or horses, and to continnue the pursuit of the game if it comes that way. (c) A number of men who relieve others in carrying on some work.

A set or game at tennis. [Obs.]

One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

To discover and bring in game that has been killed or wounded; as, a dog naturally inclined to retrieve. Walsh.

A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been killed or wounded.

A certain game at cards.

fail to follow suit when holding a card of the suit led, in violation of the rule of the game; to renege. Hoyle.

A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick.

The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.

A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins. [Written also rouly-pouly.]

red. [R.] Rouge et noir ( Etym: [F., red and black], a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. Hoyle.

A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

anced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc. -- Round game, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account. -- Round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running ha…

An English game somewhat resembling baseball; also, another English game resembling the game of fives, but played with a football. Now we play rounders, and then we played prisoner's base. Bagehot.