Those who have played the game, or taken an interest in it in the past, those at present engaged in it, together with all who are to engage in it, have a rare treat in store.

wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute; trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon; overburden; weigh down, weigh heavy on; victimize; run down; molest &c 830. maltreat, abuse; ill-use, ill-treat; buffet, bruise, scratch, maul; smite &c (scourge) 972; do violence, do harm, do a mischief; stab, pierce, outrage.

They will observe that the back towns are indeed fortunate to obtain at a moderate price so rare an intellectual treat.

'I've been having such a morning's shopping,' she said, 'I deserve a little treat afterwards, don't I?' 'What sort of shopping?

Orthography treats of letters, syllables, separate words, and spelling.

Perhaps its wonders were once the goal of our wishesto receive a long bill from the jolly yeoman at the door, to see the living wonders of the upper story, and be treated with a pocket knife or whistle-whip from the counters of the lower apartments, have probably at one period or other been grand treats.

He thanked Jeanne-Marie over and over for sharing this delightful new taste-treat with him.

and we finally turn various illegal occupants out of our seats, and begin to fan ourselves in fervid anticipation of the coming musical treat.

Syntax treats of the relation, agreement, government, and arrangement of words in sentences.

A mapple-dresser in her hall she had, On which full many a slender meal she made; For no delicious morsel pass'd her throat; According to her cloth she cut her coat: 20 No poignant sauce she knew, nor costly treat, Her hunger gave a relish to her meat: A sparing diet did her health assure; Or sick, a pepper posset was her cure.

Belon says, that in spite of its revolting taste when unaccustomed to it, the bittern is, however, among the delicious treats of the French.

For their services they receive nothing, except, perhaps, an annual treat in the shape of a country trip or social supper.

This in itself is a treat so unusual that one feels like commending the woman who carries it to excess.

To see Suzanne, simply the hem of her gown, or her pretty spring hat crowned with bluebirds, to pass near the spot where she breathed and to inhale there some emanation from her, was his promised treat.

The next piece I saw represented was the Avare of Molière, which to me was one of the greatest dramatic treats I had ever witnessed.

There's fun in everything we meet, The greatest, worst, and best; Existence is a merry treat, And every speech a jest: * * *

It did more, it disposed himnaturally enough, but still unfairly, and certainly without adequate knowledgeto treat Roman shortcomings with an indulgence which he refused to English.

His head was large; and his shaven cranium afforded an interesting phrenological treat.

You are a lucky girl, and I am rather inclined to envy you, in having the leisure to read DanteI have never read a page of him; yet I am sure the "Divina Commedia" is one of the grandest books in the worldthough I am not sure whether the reading of it would raise one's life and give it a nobler purpose, or simply be a grand poetical treat.

40 'Tis a pretty baby-treat; Nor, I deem, for me unmeet; Here, for neither Babe nor me, Other play-mate can I see.

[U.S.], toxophilite^, turfman^. V. amuse, entertain, divert, enliven; tickle the fancy; titillate, raise a smile, put in good humor; cause laughter, create laughter, occasion laughter, raise laughter, excite laughter, produce laughter, convulse with laughter; set the table in a roar, be the death of one. recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice; please &c 829; interest; treat, regale.

110 I pass the royal treat, nor must relate The gifts bestow'd, nor how the champions sate: Who first, who last, or how the knights address'd Their vows, or who was fairest at the feast; Whose voice, whose graceful dance did most surprise; Soft amorous sighs, and silent love of eyes.

The sixth and final division treats of the relations of morals to the execution of justice.

" "The Queen in her summer progress passed through Oxford, and stayed there several days, where she was agreeably entertained with elegant speeches, plays, and disputations, and received a splendid treat from the Lord Buckhurst, Chancellor of the University.

The static treats of the laws of gesture which are six in number, viz.: Priority, retroaction, the opposition of agents, unity, stability and rhythm.