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Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling. [R.] Chaucer.

To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps.

The histronic art; stageplaying. W. Black.

A lively tune played on a hornpipe, for dancing; a tune adapted for such playing. Many a hornpipe he tuned to his Phyllis. Sir W. Raleigh.

The laying on of colors to produce impasto.

Laying as a duty; enjoining.

The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of strict laws." Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. Hammond.

A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.

A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.

Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety. Crocus and hyacinth with rich inlay Broidered the ground. Milton. The sloping of the moonlit sward Was damask work, and deep inlay Of braided blooms. Tennyson.

The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect.

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false.

The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested. Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible. A. Hamilton. An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens. Hawthorne.

The knave of a suit of playing cards.

One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.

A metal counter used in playing cards.

(Card Playing) In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to play to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful.

A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds.

A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. Knave child, a male child. [Obs.] Chaucer.