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The formation of football players before the start or a restart of play; hence (Colloq.),

ed the livelong night. Shak. How could she sit the livelong day, Yet never ask us once to play Swift.

A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.

An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground. [Obs.] Shak.

Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [R.] Coleridge.

An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.

To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser. I see them lording it in London streets. Shak. And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton.…

; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. Assured loss before the match be played. Shak.

A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted…

ubricate the parts to which they are applied. S. Sharp. Supples, lubricates, and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. Young.

hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill. If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds. Shak. Luck penny, a small sum given back for luck to one who pays money. [Prov. Eng.] -- To be is luck, to receive some go…

A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.

Used in play; sportive; playful. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

A person that plays on the lute. Johnson.

To play on a lute, or as on a lute. Knaves are men That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.

One who plays on a lute.

One who plays on a lute.

The act of playing on a lyre or harp. G. Eliot.

A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry. Shelley.