See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

SPORT (a contracted or shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

porter or deporter, to leave off See also:

• WORK

work, hence to See also:

• PLAY

play, See also:

• LAT

Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from See also:

• SER

ser  ious occupations, cf . " diversion "), See also:

• PLAY

play, amusement, entertainment or recreation . The See also:

• TERM

term was applied in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times to all forms of pastime . It was, however, particularly used of out-of-See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door or manly recreations, such as See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting with the See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow, See also:

• HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

hunting and the like . See also:

• MODERN

Modern usage has given several meanings to " See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport " and " See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports . " Generally speaking " sport " includes the out-of-door recreations, the " See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field-sports," such as fishing, shooting, See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox-hunting, &c., connected with the killing or hunting of animals as opposed to organized " See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, " which are contests of skill or strength played according to rules . It also includes the See also:

• SPECIAL

special class of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-racing, the votaries of which, and also of the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize-See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, have arrogated to themselves sometimes the name of " sportsman, " applying that word even to those who follow racing simply as an occasion for betting . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the plural " sports " is generally confined to athletic contests such as See also:

• RUNNING

running, See also:

• JUMPING

jumping, &c . (see ATHLETIC SPORTS and subsidiary articles) . In See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology and See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany the word has a specific meaning of a sudden or singular variation from type, a " diversion " in a more etymological sense of the term .