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

In the Course of this Crude Study we Shall have to Touch on what ...
... It is surely quite clear that this modern notion that woman is a mere "pretty clinging
parasite," "a plaything," etc., arose through the somber contemplation ...
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The Holy Soul a More Excellent Temple than any Edifice Built by ...
... It were indeed ridiculous, as the philosophers themselves say, for man, the plaything
[3545] of God, to make God, and for God to be the plaything [3546] of art ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter v the holy soul a.htm

Accession of Cyrus to the Throne.
... When the imaginary danger has passed away, he seeks amusement in making the same
grandchild his plaything, and overwhelms him with favors bestowed solely for ...
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Plato's Inconsistency He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, yet ...
... lion, no doubt, will forget his ferocity, if surrounded by the softening influence
of training; he may become, with his beautiful mane, the plaything of some ...
/.../a treatise on the soul/chapter xxiv platos inconsistency he supposes.htm

Vain Toil
... to look after; men must live; we have no time to think about religion; I have built
a new mill that occupies my thoughts; I have found a new plaything, and I ...
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Portrait of a Matron
... Israel. It would have been impossible in Eastern countries, where she was
regarded only as a plaything and a better sort of slave. ...
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To the Prefect Eutrechius.
... life in a monastery, who has never troubled a tribunal, nor yet on any single occasion
been prosecuted by any man, is treated as a mere plaything of calumny ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/lxxx to the prefect eutrechius.htm

In this Diagram were Described Ten Circles, Distinct from Each ...
... was called "Leviathan." [4413] This Leviathan, the Jewish Scriptures say, whatever
they mean by the expression, was created by God for a plaything; [4414] for ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxv in this diagram.htm

The Ship on Fire --A Voice of Warning
... Fire, when it is at its most furious pitch, is but a plaything compared with hell
fire; yea, when it consumes a city; when it runs down the red lips of a ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/the ship on firea voice.htm

The Portrait of the Bride
... We are in a condition in which it becomes shall drop the toys of earth as easily
and naturally as a child will some trinket or plaything, when it stretches out ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the portrait of the bride.htm

Plaything (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Plaything (1 Occurrence). Psalms 104:26 There go the ships;
there is that great beast, which you have made as a plaything. (BBE). ...
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Trick (11 Occurrences)
... players. 7. (n.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, --
usually two hours. 8. (n.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything. 9 ...
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Marble (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything
by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles. ...
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Plaza (1 Occurrence)

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Plays (4 Occurrences)

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Coral (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances,
used by children as a plaything. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CORAL. ...
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Sport (99 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy;
a plaything; an object of mockery. 4. (n.) Play; idle jingle. ...
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