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SPORT (a contracted or shortened See also: play, amusement, entertainment or recreation
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The See also: term was applied in early times to all forms of pastime
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It was, however, particularly used of out-of-door or manly recreations, such as See also: shooting with the See also: bow, hunting and the like
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See also: Modern usage has given several meanings to " sport " and " See also: sports
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" Generally speaking " sport " includes the out-of-door recreations, the " See also: field-sports," such as fishing, shooting,
See also: fox-hunting, &c., connected with the killing or hunting of animals as opposed to organized " See also: games, " which are contests of skill or strength played according to rules
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It also includes the See also: special class of See also: horse-racing, the votaries of which, and also of the prize-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
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On the other See also: hand, the plural " sports " is generally confined to athletic contests such as See also: running, See also: jumping, &c
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(see ATHLETIC SPORTS and subsidiary articles)
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In zoology and 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
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