Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
2. (v. i.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
3. (n.) 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.
4. (n.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
5. (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.
6. (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
7. (n.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
8. (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
9. (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
10. (a.) of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
11. (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
12. (n.) To play at any sport or diversion.
13. (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.
Greek
2339. thera -- a hunting, prey ... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: thera Phonetic Spelling: (thay'-rah) Short Definition:
hunting, entrapping Definition: hunting, entrapping; prey,
game; a net
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2339.htm - 6kStrong's Hebrew
6718a. tsayid -- hunting, game... 6718, 6718a. tsayid. 6718b . hunting,
game. Transliteration: tsayid Short
Definition:
game. Word Origin from tsud Definition hunting
... /hebrew/6718a.htm - 5k 6718. tsayid -- hunting, game
... 6717, 6718. tsayid. 6718a . hunting, game. Transliteration: tsayid Phonetic
Spelling: (tsah'-yid) Short Definition: catch. catch ...
/hebrew/6718.htm - 5k
2760. charak -- perhaps to scorch, parch
... roast. A primitive root; to braid (ie To entangle or snare) or catch (game) in a
net -- roast. 2759, 2760. charak. 2761 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/2760.htm - 5k
99. agem -- sad
... 98, 99. agem. 100 . sad. Transliteration: agem Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-game') Short Definition: grieved. Word Origin from the same ...
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Library
How Jacob Deceived his Father
... man who stayed about the tents. Isaac loved Esau, for he was fond of game;
but Rebekah loved Jacob. Once when Jacob was preparing ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/how jacob deceived his father.htm
The Bad Squire
... 'A labourer in Christian England, Where they cant of a Saviour's name, And yet waste
men's lives like the vermin's For a few more brace of game. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the bad squire.htm
A Liberal Education: and Where to Find It.
... Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of every one of us would,
one day or other, depend upon his winning or losing a game at chess. ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/iii a liberal education and.htm
The First Games
... by instinct, the encyclopaedic knowledge of his age, who found himself at his ease
amidst the deepest abstractions, did, at the beginning, take life as a game? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/iv the first games.htm
Ulrich Von Hutten's Song.
... When rich men felt secure,. They yet have lost the game, I ween,. ... No courtiers'
crafts shall me affright,. Though deep the game they've played; ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/ulrich von huttens song.htm
After the Synod, on the Death of Alexander, Athanasius is ...
... Rufinus relates, that this [Athanasius] when quite a boy, played with others of
his own age at a sacred game: this was an imitation of the priesthood and the ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of scholasticus/chapter xv after the synod on.htm
1 Corinthians xiii. 11
... of none of these things brings us of necessity any nearer to real thoughtfulness,
such as alone gives wisdom, than the knowledge of a well-contrived game. ...
/.../arnold/the christian life/lecture iii 1 corinthians xiii.htm
The Love of Rameses
... The company, which was large, had fallen into easy attitudes; an exciting game of
drafts, or a story-teller, or a beauty, attracting groups here and there over ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxv the love of.htm
The Teen Boy and Missions
... A young man, who happened to be present, was appealed to for a new game, and he
taught them to "skin the snake." It "caught on" immediately, and the group of ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/xvi the teen boy and.htm
The Son of the Murket
... "Hath he forsworn us?". "I saw him to-day," Nechutes ventured, without raising his
eyes from the game, "when we were fowling on the Nile below the city. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xvii the son of.htm
Thesaurus
Game (11 Occurrences)... 1. (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a
game leg.
... 4. (n.) The use or practice of such a
game;
a single match at play; a single contest; as, a
game at cards.
.../g/game.htm - 10kTrap (35 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A machine or contrivance that shuts suddenly, as with a spring, used
for taking game or other animals; as, a trap for foxes. ...
/t/trap.htm - 19k
Set (6715 Occurrences)
... 22. (vt) To value; to rate; -- with at. 23. (vt) To point out the seat or position
of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs. 24. ...
/s/set.htm - 20k
Pool (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (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 ...
/p/pool.htm - 40k
Chase (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game;
to hunt. ... 3. (vt) To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. ...
/c/chase.htm - 12k
Quarry (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A heap of game killed. 5. (n.) The object of the chase; the animal
hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks. ...
/q/quarry.htm - 8k
Move (113 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another,
according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king. ...
/m/move.htm - 38k
Play (61 Occurrences)
... careless. 3. (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball;
hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes. 4. (n ...
/p/play.htm - 28k
Cat
... 5. (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it
is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according ...
/c/cat.htm - 8k
Point (106 Occurrences)
... 25. (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came
to a point. ... 36. (n.) To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 37. ...
/p/point.htm - 40k
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