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An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff. Decker.

A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.

r question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.

; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.

To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints. Milton.

Upland plover (Zoöl.), a large American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also Bartramian sandpiper, Bartram's tattler, field plover, grass plover, highland plover, hillbird, humility, prairie plover, prairie pigeon, prairie snip…

An old game at cards. [Obs.]

Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.

A game in word making. See Logomachy, 2.

To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie. [Obs.]

A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it.

he human voice. -- Vocal tube (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth.

ht puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish.

A winged animal; wild fowl; game. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir T. Browne.

A game played by volleying a large inflated ball with the hands over a net 7 ft. 6 in. high.

heir priest's office." Num. iii. 10. (f) (Falconry) To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; -- said of a hawk. Encyc. Brit.

lemn or festive purposes; a vigil. The warlike wakes continued all the night, And funeral games played at new returning light. Dryden. The wood nymphs, decked with daises trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep. Milton.

In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.] Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," Black.

To conquer; to defeat, as in a contest or game; to beat; to surpass. [Slang, U. S.]

A game at cards; whist. [Obs.] Taylor (1630).