Cockshy: alternatives and connections

Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- sti…

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 to th…

An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, et…

A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved di…

A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two…

A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting…

An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches…

Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.

A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stone…

either of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game

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…

Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, w…

A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in wh…

A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing.

The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.