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Definition of Chessmen
1. chessman [n] - See also: chessman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chessmen
Literary usage of Chessmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ivories by Alfred Maskell (1905)
"CHAPTER XIII chessmen AND DRAUGHTSMEN IT can hardly be questioned that ivory has
been for a very long time, and is still, the favourite material for a ..."
2. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"In many of our shops for articles of eastern luxury, sets of chessmen of ...
Wedge- wood, of Eu un.i, aseries of models for в set of chessmen, which, ..."
3. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"My chum, Andrews, and I constructed a set of chessmen with an infinite deal of
trouble. We found a soft, white root in the swamp which answered our purpose. ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon by Emmanuel Las Cases (1855)
"SBT OF chessmen FROM CHINA. PRESENTATION OF THE CAPTAINS OF THE CHINA FLEET. ...
The Doctor brought him a set of chessmen, which he had been buying on board ..."
5. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1856)
"They had chess; Ancient chessmen. (Brit. Mus.) but the rattle of the dice was
far more seductive than the marshalling of bishop and knight. ..."
6. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1899)
"The names of the chessmen vary in different countries, though the principal piece
is everywhere called Ancient Chess Kings. the King, and the second, ..."
7. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1903)
"... AND chessmen IN EGYPT. The ancient Egyptian game is said to have been invented
by Thoth, and Hermes played with the moon and won five lunar days. ..."
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