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A piano having a mechanical attachment which enables the player to prolong the notes at will.

A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris.

A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.

h; with gayety and laughter; jovially. See Mirth, and Merry. Merrily sing, and sport, and play. Granville.

hingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. They drank, and were merry with him. Gen. xliii. 34. I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Shak.

m in the midst, he came out of him. Luke iv. 35. There is nothing... in the midst [of the play] which might not have been placed in the beginning. Dryden.

The mass of common people; -- with the article the. For the play, I remember, pleased not the million. Shak.

but condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16. My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play. Shak.

The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

A miracle play.

annoyance. -- To make mischief, to do mischief, especially by exciting quarrels. -- To play the mischief, to cause great harm; to throw into confusion. [Colloq.]

The act of misdealing; a wrong distribution of cards to the players.

loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] Shak.

A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc.

la. Gray. -- Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. -- Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors. -- Monkey rail (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. -- Monkey shine, monkey tric…

A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.

game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.

ich result from his moral relations, and the reasons on which they are founded. -- Moral play, an allegorical play; a morality. [Obs.] -- Moral sense, the power of moral judgment and feeling; the capacity to perceive what is right or wrong in moral conduct, and to approve or disapprove, independently of education or t…

A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. Strutt.