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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.

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. Simmonds.

s doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm. A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess consists of three planks." Farrow.

Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell.

A piece used in the game of chess.

Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.

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.

The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke.

The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.

A beautiful variety of Brussels pillow lace made originally in Belgium and resembling Honiton guipure. It is worked with fine thread in large sprays, usually of the primrose pattern, with much raised work.

A female monarch. [Obs.]

Wealth; riches. See the Note under Riches. [Obs.] Some man desireth for to have richesse. Chaucer. The richesse of all heavenly grace. Spenser.

The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash.

Belonging to, or fit for, a madhouse. "The bedlam, brainsick duchess." Shak.

A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.

al purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.