CHESS

chess. Chess, n. a difficult kind of game, a plant

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Chess (?), n. [[OE. ches, F. échecs, prop. pl. of échec check. See 1st Check.]] 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.