अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

To choose

See Chasuble.

The wood louse.

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.

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.

The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed.

The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Gravel or pebbles.

A piece used in the game of chess.

of Chessman

Mellow earth; mold.

A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.

The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

To place in a coffin.

Strife; contention; controversy.