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A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water.…

fer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.

A game of hazard played with cards in silence. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Decker.

In the game of gleek, four cards of the same value, as four aces or four kings; hence, four of anything. [Obs.] [Written also mournival.]

An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See Moss, and Cryptogamia.

or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals. See Stridulation. Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches success, and slower as he recedes. Tennyson. -- Music box. See Musical…

ort or difficulty. One of those who can muster up sufficient sprightliness to engage in a game of forfeits. Hazlitt.

An Australian name for Marsilea Drummondii, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food.

Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

ng. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and the Pseudoneuroptera.

A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

An old game at cards. Halliwell.

tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game.

A game at dice, properly called novem quinque (L., nine five), the two principal throws being nine and five. [Obs.] Shak.

re, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.

ed by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc. [Written also ogam.]

) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink- flowered periwinkle (Vinca rosea). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. -- Old man's beard. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.…

the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Coroebus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.