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chess (c̸hes)

noun

a game of skill played on a chessboard by two players, each with 16 chessmen limited in movement according to kind, the object being to checkmate the opponent's king

Etymology: ME ches, chesse < OFr esches, pl. of eschec: see check

chess2 definition

chess (c̸hes)

noun

any of several varieties of brome grass, esp. a weedy kind (Bromus secalinus) found in fields of grain

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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