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The room or place where players dress for the stage.

The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

An actor or player in tragedy. Shak.

t; as, to tread out grain with cattle or horses. -- To tread the stage, to act as a stageplayer; to perform a part in a drama.

e whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. On one nice trick depends the general fate. Pope.

The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.

A company of stageplayers; a troupe. W. Coxe.

A test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined.

All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform together. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

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.

A player on the violin.

A player on the viol.

A player on the violoncello.

the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player.

who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.

A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.

small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1, above. Bunyan. -- Wicket keeper (Cricket), the player who stands behind the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out.