To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
To tack, cruise about.
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
A corset.
To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
To stake; to wager.