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One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." 1 Sam. xvi. 16.

One who, or that which, displays.

One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

ose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.

A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

A player on the accordion.

The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. Grove. Chose in action. (Law) See Chose. -- Quantity of action (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity.…

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.

, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience). The young hero had addressed his players to him for his assistance. Dryden.

Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.

Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

A variety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for the privilege of naming the trump and playing with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of each trick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as f…

A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit. R. F. Foster.

to ridicule a person behind his back. -- Full back, Half back, Quarter back (Football), players stationed behind those in the front line. -- To be or lie on one's back, to be helpless. -- To put, or get, one's back up, to assume an attitude of obstinate resistance (from the action of a cat when attacked.). [Colloq.…

ayed by two persons on a "board" marked off into twenty-four spaces called "points". Each player has fifteen pieces, or "men", the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables. Backgammon board , a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular…

In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the striking base.

s or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.

In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has give -- Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]