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Definition of chess

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Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus..

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Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game..

Chessy Copper :: Chessy copper () The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite..

Archduchy :: Archduchy (n.) The territory of an archduke or archduchess.

Castle :: Castle (n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook..

Brome Grass :: Brome grass () A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat..

Chessboard :: Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer..

Tree :: Tree (n.) A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like..

Tournament :: Tournament (n.) Any contest of skill in which there are many contestents for championship; as, a chess tournament..

Monarchess :: Monarchess (n.) A female monarch.

Queen :: Queen (n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen..

House :: House (n.) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece..

Man :: Man (n.) One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played..

Chessel :: Chessel (n.) The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed.

Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..

Cheat :: Cheat (n.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess..

Knight :: Knight (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head..

Chess :: Chess (n.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus..

Expert :: Expert (a.) Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery..

Tribe :: Tribe (n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns..