CHESS : n 1: weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a
weed especially in wheat [syn: cheat, Bromus
secalinus]
2: a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to
specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's
king [syn: 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.
When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden.
2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a
cheater.
Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson
3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain
fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an
intentional active distortion of the truth.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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.]
Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess,
soft chess, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
CHESS : \Chess\, 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.
