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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One who checks.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

2. A pattern in checks; a single check.

3. Checkerwork.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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