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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Look and see the wounds of the gentle creature, whom no one Ever would think of ill treating.

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

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

It is greatly to be regretted that Mr. Gilmore did not employ his powers in writing an avowed historical novel treating of the events he discusses; such a work from him would have a permanent value, like Robert L. Kennedy's "Horseshoe Robinson.

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: * * *

Unhappily for him, the imprudence of early marriage entailing upon him the charge of a family, he is precluded from the indulgence in fresh meat, except as an occasional treat.

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.

" This appeal to the national belief in the duty of reciprocal "treating" could not fail of its effect, and Mrs. Spragg murmured: "She never HAS, Abner,"but Mr. Spragg's brow remained unrelenting.

[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.