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A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.] Halliwell. Bartlett.

A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. [Obs.] Carpet knight. See under Carpet. -- Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under Chevalier. -- Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, Knight of St. John of Jerusalem. See Hospitaler. -- Knight of the post, one who gained his living by givin…

Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold, -- a variety of damascening much used in the arts of India.

Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. "A lambent flame." Dryden. "A lambent style." Beaconsfield.

A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay. Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.

The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.

Delaying.

A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.

Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [R.] Coleridge.

A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

in some countries ice is a great luxury. He cut the side of a rock for a garden, and, by laying on it earth, furnished out a kind of luxury for a hermit. Addison.

The act of playing on a lyre or harp. G. Eliot.

A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand. Mace bearer, an officer who carries a mace before person in authority.

Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman. Spelman.

Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence. A prince is never so magnificent As when he's sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many. Massinger.

ed, to prepare a bed for being slept on, or to put it in order. -- To make a card (Card Playing), to take a trick with it. -- To make account. See under Account, n. -- To make account of, to esteem; to regard. -- To make away. (a) To put out of the way; to kill; to destroy. [Obs.] If a child were crooked or deforme…

ing a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.

The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.