chess
    n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a
         weed especially in wheat [syn: chess, cheat, Bromus
         secalinus]
    2: a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces
       according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the
       opponent's king [syn: chess, chess game]

Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or
   tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture,
   or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning
   being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were
   resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.]
   1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of
      fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition;
      imposture.
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            When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.
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   2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a
      cheater.
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            Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson
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   3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
      fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
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   4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
      intentional active distortion of the truth.
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   Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal
         symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large
         and against which common prudence could not have
         guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton.

   Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick;
        swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.
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Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
   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. [U.
   S.]
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   Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright
         chess, soft chess, etc.
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Chess \Chess\ (ch[e^]s), n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl.
   of ['e]chec 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.
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chess

    A two-player game with perfect information.

   Usenet newsgroup: <news:rec.games.chess>.

   See also Internet Chess Server.

   (1995-03-25)