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A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught

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A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.

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    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
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    A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer.
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    The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
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  • FIELDING
    The act of playing as a fielder.
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    The process of Americanizing.
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    f Catch.
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    Open, like a field. Wyclif.
  • GYMNASTICALLY
    In a gymnastic manner.
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    In a hypercritical manner.
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  • LACROSSE
    A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught
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