chesont, chesount

See chéas on, encheson. che 1 (ches), n. [Early mod. E. also che e, chests, schack = Icel. skāk, che , ult. played by two persons or parties with thirty two pieces on a checkered board divided into sixty-four squares. The squares are alternately light and dark, and in beginning a game the board must be so Che -board, with pieces in position. placed that the square at the right-hand corner is a light one. The vertical rows of squares are called files, those which run from right to left, ranks or lines, and those (of the same color) which run obliquely, diagonals. Each party has sixteen pieces, differently colored to distinguish those of one side from those of the other, viz., a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, and two rooks or castles, placed on the squares of the end line of the board, and eight pawns placed on the next line in front. The king queen are placed on the two middle squares, queen on her own color (light or dark), and by the side mon name in the United States of several species of Bromus, especially B. secalinus, which bears some resemblance to oats, and is frewheat-fields. Also called cheat. quently more or le abundant as a weed in che 3 (ches), n. [Cf. equiv, che ex, and see che -tree. Appar. a corruption of chestnut; cf. Sp. cast añuelas, che -trees, The che es or planks which form the roadway should be made of a shorter length for a bridge which is designed for light traffic than for one which is designed for heavy Encyc. Brit., XIX. 458. traffic. che 4t, n. An obsolete variant of chase1 . Perchance that they may tak the che , Ere they come to the stonnes. Battle of Balrinnes (Child's Ballads, VII. 222). che ōt, n. Obsolete form of je . che -applet (ches'ap'l), n. An old name for the service-berry, the fruit of Pyrus Aria . che -board (ches'bōrd), n. The board used in the game of che ; a checker-board. Cards are dealt, and che - boards brought To ease the pain of coward thought. Prior , Alma, iii. Che -board canvas, a thick cotton canvas used as a foundation for embroidery, and divided into squares, like a che -board, in alternating patterns. che el (ches'el), n. [A corruption of cheslip, cheese lip.] A mold or vat in which cheese is formed. che es (ches'ez), n. pl. [See che 2.] A species of peony, Pœonia officinal is, naturalized in Eng land. che ex (ches'eks), n. Same as che 3. che man (ches'man), n.; pl. che men (-men). [