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A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all his remaining cards.

Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.

The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part. They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to advance the ball when caught. He must not then be interfered with.

which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.

A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.…

That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.

Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.

To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.

A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing. Johnson.

A player on the flute; a flutist.

The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. Arbuthnot.

Requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.

A game between four players, with two on each side and each side playing but one ball, the partners striking alternately. It is called a mixed foursome when each side consists of a man and a woman.

In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

To make gestures; to gesticulate. The players . . . gestured not undecently withal. Holland.

Originally, a swordplayer; hence, one who fought with weapons in public, either on the occasion of a funeral ceremony, or in the arena, for public amusement.

That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one. Great go, Little go, the final and the preliminary examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.] -- No go, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] Thackeray. -- On the go, moving about; unset…

also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts. Goal keeper, the player charged with the defense of the goal.