Playing cards. See under Card.

Playmaker
(Play"mak`er) n. A playwright. [R.]

Playmate
(Play"mate`) n. A companion in diversions; a playfellow.

Playsome
(Play"some) a. Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] R. Browning. — Play"some*ness, n. [R.]

Playte
(Playte) n. (Naut.) See Pleyt.

Plaything
(Play"thing`) n. A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.

A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age.
Locke.

Playa to Pleasure

Playa
(||Pla"ya) n. [Sp.] A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. Bartlett.

Playbill
(Play"bill`) n. A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.

Playbook
(Play"book`) n. A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play. Swift.

Playday
(Play"day`) n. A day given to play or diversion; a holiday. Swift.

Player
(Play"er) n.

1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. Shak.

2. One who plays any game.

3. A dramatic actor. Shak.

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

5. A gamester; a gambler.

Playfellow
(Play"fel`low) n. A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. Shak.

Playfere
(Play"fere`) n. [Play + 1st fere.] A playfellow. [Obs.] [Also, playfeer, playphere.] Holinsheld.

Playful
(Play"ful) a. Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. — Play"ful*ly, adv. — Play"ful*ness, n.

Playgame
(Play"game`) n. Play of children. Locke.

Playgoer
(Play"go`er) n. One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.

Playgoing
(Play"go`ing), a. Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public. — n. The practice of going to plays.

Playground
(Play"ground`) n. A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

Playhouse
(Play"house`) n. [AS. pleghus.]

1. A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater. Shak.

2. A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.

Playing
(Play"ing), a. & vb. n. of Play.

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