"Chess" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
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.
I know not what quintessence of all this mixture, which, seizing my whole will, carried it to plunge and lose itself in his, and that having seized his whole will, brought it back with equal concurrence and appetite to plunge and lose itself in mine.
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A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, …
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Read the complete definitionAn old measure of wheat equal to two thirds of a bushel.
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