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Definition of Chequer

1. Noun. One of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers.

2. Verb. Mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on.

3. Verb. Variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns.

Definition of Chequer

1. n. & v. Same as Checker.

Definition of Chequer

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of checker) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of checker) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chequer

1. to checker [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: checker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chequer

chenopods cheongsam cheongsams cheoplastic metal cheoplasty cheque cheque book cheque books cheque card cheque cards

chequebook chequebook journalism chequebooks chequeen chequeens chequer (current term) chequerboard chequerboards chequered chequered flag

chequered flags chequered skipper chequered skippers chequeredness chequering chequers chequerwise chequerwork chequerworks cheques

Literary usage of Chequer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"To check or chequer ¡s,— chequer, vs To form into parts or di- ... The court of chequer, or Exchequer, chequed cloth resembling a cheu board, ..."

2. The Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton (1914)
"AT CANTERBURY THE chequer OF THE HOOP WHEN the pilgrims reached Canterbury, they entered the city gate, and made their way to ..."

3. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1764)
"... chequer (that is to fay) in the office of the auditor of tie ж; of receipts ¡n That there ... be paid ¡IB ti* ¡. chequer by virtue of this act, ..."

4. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1905)
"It is Cmtn'oi possible that his constitutional timidity led him to chequer. approve of tne less direct mode cf facing the difficulty. ..."

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