Dreaming of practising legerdemain, or seeing others doing so, signifies you will be placed in a position where your energy and power of planning will be called into strenuous play to extricate yourself.

To play at draughts, will experience long and painful calculations of some point.

…Dream of children sweet and fairn – To you will come suave debonair, Fortune robed in shining dress, Bearing wealth and happiness. Dreaming of seeing many beautiful children is portentous of great prosperity and blessings. For a mother Dreaming of seeing her child sick from slight cause, she may see it enjoying robust health, but trifles of another nature may harass her. To see children working or studying, denotes peaceful times and general prosperity. Dreaming of seeing your child desperately ill or dead, you have much to fear, for its welfare is sadly threatened. Dreaming of your dead child, denotes worry and disappointment in the near future. Dreaming of seeing disappointed children, denotes trouble from enemies, and anxious forebodings from underhanded work of seemingly friendly people. To romp and play with children, denotes that all your speculating and love enterprises will prevail….

Gaming shows bad news, losing in play is great gain.

…Dreaming of seeing a baby play with its rattle, omens peaceful contentment in the home, and enterprises will be honorable and full of gain. To a young woman, it augurs an early marriage and tender cares of her own. To give a baby a rattle, denotes unfortunate investments….

Play with a dog means you will experience damage. Playing with many of them, stinginess. See white dogs mean upcoming happiness. Black ones, betrayal of your close friends. See a dog being angry means well-founded fears. Lying down dog indicates dishonest, dishonorable love intrigues. If the dreamer imagine the dog to be his own, means that the services of a faithful, honest and courageous friend will be received. You will be honored by trustworthy servant. If it belongs to a stranger, an unscrupulous and infamous enemy will be met. See a dog who is tearing apart some clothing symbolizes scandal on the part of a mendacious villain, for the one whose clothes were completely ruined. If the dog bites, vexations will be brought by enemies. See dogs righting, ambushes will be avoided. Dogs baying, means shocking publications. Be worried by dogs, means a victory over enemies. Seeing some dogs…

Dreaming of betting, wagering, gambling money is a warning which means that you must be cautious when you make deals or business with strangers. It also announces that your opponents seek for an opportunity to harm you. It’s the same if you dream of playing with money in casinos or any board game or table game; it means that you must be careful of not wasting money. Dreaming of betting money in any way, suggests that you proceed without reasoning in your everyday life, which will make you to have problems. Dreaming of losing bets announces that you’ll experience setbacks in the affairs you’re handling, but if your play with money gives you profits, if it looks like you are winning, then this dream indicates that you’ll triumph.

…Dreaming that you have a guitar, or is playing one in a dream, signifies a merry gathering and serious love making. For a young woman to think it is unstrung or broken, foretells that disappointments in love are sure to overtake her. Upon hearing the weird music of a guitar, the dreamer should fortify herself against flattery and soft persuasion, for she is in danger of being tempted by a fascinating evil. If the dreamer be a man, he will be courted, and will be likely to lose his judgment under the wiles of seductive women. If you play on a guitar, your family affairs will be harmonious….

Dreaming of being in a pool room, either playing or just watching how others play billiards, means that you’ll face failures, if you get into or businesses that are unknown for you. It also hints that you may be affected by rumors or being blackmailed.

All bill dreams have a similar meaning. In this life, one thing is the capabilities and qualities we possess, and quite another is the role we play. Many times we are forced to live far below or far above our true capabilities.

To see one at play, comfort.

Long life to the person who is in portrait, especially if it is printed on wood. To receive or to give one, indicates treason, underhand play, deceptive flattery.

…To dream you play or hear playing on a flute, signifies trouble and contention with your friends. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 47, 8….

…If you dream of a railroad, you will find that your business will need close attention, as enemies are trying to usurp you. For a young woman Dreaming of railroads, she will make a journey to visit friends, and will enjoy some distinction. To see an obstruction on these roads, indicates foul play in your affairs. To walk the cross ties of a railroad, signifies a time of worry and laborious work. To walk the rails, you may expect to obtain much happiness from your skilful manipulation of affairs. To see a road inundated with clear water, foretells that pleasure will wipe out misfortune for a time, but it will rise, phoenix like, again….

Dreaming of juveniles or schoolboys at play, is extremely good sign for a dreamer.

…(See Burning.) If in your dream, you see a house on fire other than your own, it foretells that some event will happen to make you melancholy and sorrowful, such as the death or ruin of some esteemed friend. If you dream your own house or place of business is burning, it is an omen of good fortune. If you dream of playing with fire, it is a sign of a quarrel in bed. For this dream play your age first. Lucky lottery dream numbers – 26….

Play at, means sorrow, disgrace. See the pins fall, indicates loss of place, fall of a great commercial loss.

To dream you play at cards and have many trumps, is a good sign as to your future lot.

Hear one played upon means disastrous situations. Play on one, painful longing.

…(Buttonhole | Fastener | Man) A button in a dream represents protection, guarding one’s honor, a just contract, money, or profits particularly if the button is made of silver or gold. A button and a buttonhole in a dream also represents a man and a woman. If an unwed person sees himself buttoning a shirt in a dream, it means that he will get married, or that he will play an important role in uniting two people, or to bring peace between two partners, or that he will revive an old and a forsaken project. Tying one’s buttons in a dream means getting married, or going through difficult financial circumstances. Wearing a buttoned shirt in a dream means experiencing tight circumstances, or reuniting with a traveller returning home, or marriage of an unmarried person. (Also see Clothing)…

To dream that you play the cricket, means that you do not worry about other people opinions about you. You feel comfortable being in your own skin, because you have your views to life. The cricket also shows that you are going on in leaps without making a big progress. You take too small steps.

When we dream of such dogs as belong to us, it signifies fidelity, courage and affection; but if we dream of those which belong to strangers, it means infamous enemies. To dream that a dog barks and tears our garments, betokens some enemy of mean condition slanders us, or endeavours to deprive us of our livelihood. To play with a dog, denotes you will suffer for former extravagance; to hunt with one, hope; one running, loss of a law-suit; to hear one howling, great danger; to lose one, want of success; one frisking about, loss of a friend; two fighting, a warning to beware of false friends.

Play with it, deception of which the dreamer will suffer, loss of wealth by reason because of conspiracy of some bad people.

…A clear moon shows much gain — a fiery one, honour. A red moon, a good wife to love. If a halo around it, you’ll succeed in play. But if it’s pale or clouded, unlucky next day….

…To see toys in dreams, foretells family joys, if whole and new, but if broken, death will rend your heart with sorrow. To see children at play with toys, marriage of a happy nature is indicated. To give away toys in your dreams, foretells you will be ignored in a social way by your acquaintances….

To dream you play at cards, tables, or any other game, shows the party shall be very fortunate.

Black beards, gain in play; grey or red, illness and pain, mustachios show toil and trouble you shall only gain.

To play, danger of yielding to a violent temptation. Use your reason.

There are two roles that coats play in our society: protective and to hide what’s under. Also in dreams the coat performs these two functions, but in reality one is non-prejudice to the other, in dreams they are intimately linked, so dreaming of wearing a coat means that we are hiding our true personality under the protective layer of fake appearances. If another person wears the coat, it means that there is someone around us who hides selfish intentions under pleasant appearances.

Birds denote luck in play, and a heap of treasure.

If you have drank vine, indicates loss of badly acquired wealth, money spent which was earned at play.

Dreaming of being broke (bankrupt), means that the dreamer will notice an improvement in his or her living conditions, professionally the dreamer will be very productive, as well as in earning money, etc. If the dreamer decides to play he or she will be lucky.

To dream of building a church, is a good sign to the dreamer; to enter one, you will receive a kindness from someone; to play in one, success and marriage.

Play with a flute, discussion, longing for something or someone.

Talk with your enemies means salutary distrust, conquer them means gain of lawsuit. Play with them indicates disadvantage. Be taken by them symbolizes embarrassment, negligence, idleness. Take someone while being in anger, trouble and reverse of fortune.

Playing or listening to piano indicates a huge, corresponded and sweet love. Learning to play piano means satisfied wishes and pleasures.

When you dream about your friends, then such dream signifies the things in your life you appreciate a lot. Perhaps they play a big role in your waking life. If your friends are unhappy or they betray you, you should be aware and do not tell your secrets, because you never know who is the one who will betray you.

…Dreaming of being at a light play, denotes that foolish and short-lived pleasures will be indulged in by the dreamer. Dreaming of seeing a comedy, is significant of light pleasures and pleasant tasks….

…If you dream at playing at tenpins, you will doubtless soon engage in some affair which will bring discredit upon your name, and you will lose your money and true friendship. To see others engaged in this dream, foretells that you will find pleasure in frivolous people and likely lose employment. For a young woman to play a successful game of tenpins, is an omen of light pleasures, but sorrow will attend her later….

To play them, contention, troubles, family disputes and loss of lawsuits.