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- Game - n. - Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
- Game - v. i. - Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
- Game - v. i. - A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
- Game - v. i. - The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
- Game - v. i. - That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
- Game - v. i. - In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
- Game - v. i. - A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
- Game - v. i. - Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
- Game - a. - Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
- Game - a. - Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
- Game - n. - To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
- Game - n. - To play at any sport or diversion.
- Game - n. - To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
- Game fowl - - A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.
- Gamecock - n. - The male game fowl.
- Gamed - imp. & p. p. - of Game
- Gameful - a. - Full of game or games.
- Gamekeeper - n. - One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
- Gameless - a. - Destitute of game.
- Gamely - adv. - In a plucky manner; spiritedly.
- Gameness - n. - Endurance; pluck.
- Gamesome - a. - Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.
- Gamester - n. - A merry, frolicsome person.
- Gamester - n. - A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
- Gamester - n. - A prostitute; a strumpet.
- Game - n. - Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
- Pinocle - n. - A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.
- Catstick - n. - A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.
- Three-handed - a. - Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards.
- Hockey - n. - A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
- Book - n. - Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
- Tinchel - n. - A circle of sportsmen, who, by surrounding an extensive space and gradually closing in, bring a number of deer and game within a narrow compass.
- Curler - n. - A player at the game called curling.
- Forfeit - n. - Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine; -- whence the game of forfeits.
- Racket - n. - A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural.
- Capot - n. - A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
- Fowl - v. i. - To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
- Grayling - a. - A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish.
- Loo - n. - A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.
- Bunko - n. - A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery.
- Bisque - n. - A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
- Curling - n. - A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.
- Basset - n. - A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice.
- Salmis - n. - A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.
- Ecarte - n. - A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.
- Pool - n. - A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table.
- spilikins - pl. - of Spilikin ), a game played with such pieces; pushpin.
- Triumph - n. - A trump card; also, an old game at cards.
- Quoit - n. - A game played with quoits.
- Rolly-pooly - n. - A game in which a ball, rolling into a certain place, wins.
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- G118 ἀθλέω - 118 ἀθλέω - ἈΘΛΈΩ - - athléō - ath-leh'-o - from (a contest in the public lists); to contend in the competitive games:--strive. - Verb - greek
- G1017 βραβεῖον - 1017 βραβεῖον - ΒΡΑΒΕῖΟΝ - - brabeîon - brab-i'-on - from (an umpire of uncertain derivation); an award (of arbitration), i.e. (specially) a prize in the public games:--prize. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H2760 חָרַךְ - 2760 חָרַךְ - חָרַךְ - - chârak - khaw-rak' - a primitive root; to braid (i.e. to entangle or snare) or catch (game) in anet; roast. - Verb - heb
- G1199 δεσμόν - 1199 δεσμόν - ΔΕΣΜΌΝ - - desmón - des-mos' - neuter and masculine respectively from δέω; a band, i.e. ligament (of the body) or shackle (of a prisoner); figuratively, an impediment or disability:--band, bond, chain, string. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G1128 γυμνάζω - 1128 γυμνάζω - ΓΥΜΝΆΖΩ - - gymnázō - goom-nad'-zo - from γυμνός; to practise naked (in the games), i.e. train (figuratively):--exercise. - Verb - greek
- G860 ἁφή - 860 ἁφή - ἉΦΉ - - haphḗ - haf-ay' - from ἅπτομαι; probably a ligament (as fastening):--joint. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G4438 πυκτέω - 4438 πυκτέω - ΠΥΚΤΈΩ - - pyktéō - pook-teh'-o - from a derivative of the same as πυγμή; to box (with the fist), i.e. contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively):--fight. - Verb - greek
- G4735 στέφανος - 4735 στέφανος - ΣΤΈΦΑΝΟΣ - - stéphanos - stef'-an-os - from an apparently primary (to twine or wreathe); a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet, διάδημα), literally or figuratively:--crown. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G4886 σύνδεσμος - 4886 σύνδεσμος - ΣΎΝΔΕΣΜΟΣ - - sýndesmos - soon'-des-mos - from σύν and δεσμόν; a joint tie, i.e. ligament, (figuratively) uniting principle, control:--band, bond. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G2339 θήρα - 2339 θήρα - ΘΉΡΑ - - thḗra - thay'-rah - from (a wild animal, as game); hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction:--trap. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H6718 צַיִד - 6718 צַיִד - צַיִד - - tsayid - tsah'-yid - from a form of צוּד and meaning the same; the chase; also game (thus taken); (generally) lunch (especially for a journey); [idiom] catcheth, food, [idiom] hunter, (that which he took in) hunting, venison, victuals. - Noun Masculine - heb