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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.

To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.

e in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.

A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact.

The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.

A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions. We have heard the chimes at midnight. Shak.

A shotgun that is made with such a bore.

fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.

lso, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.

le of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.

The process by which such picture is made.

A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian. Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.

A vibrant or whirring noise such as that made by some insects, as the cockchafer, or by some birds, as the nightjar, the partridge, etc.

other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters. His father . . . engaged him when he was very young to write all his letters to England in cipher. Bp. Burnet. Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.

itnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. Wharton.

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

s domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.