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Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.

e stage; to personate a character. A lord will hear your play to-night. Shak. Courts are theaters where some men play. Donne. To play into a person's hands, to act, or to manage matters, to his advantage or benefit. -- To play off, to affect; to feign; to practice artifice. -- To play upon. (a) To make sport of; to d…

A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater. Shak.

The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began.

The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.

m; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours; the people poured out of the theater. In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. Gay.

The book used by a prompter of a theater.

orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.

(Law) See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge of the "properties" of a theater.

To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters. The Arian doctrines were proscribed and anathematized in the famous Council of Nice. Waterland.

yer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.

To put a new seat, or new seats, in; as, to reseat a theater; to reseat a chair or trousers.

for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater.

other flue. -- Return pipe (Steam Heating), a pipe by which water of condensation from a heater or radiator is conveyed back toward the boiler.

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.

One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.

bar, that is, informally. Burril. -- Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater. To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper. -- Side chain, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. -- Side cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] -- Side…

A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

n of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.