Chess , n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass (Bromus
secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat
fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight
resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up
with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said
to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U. S.]
&fist; Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc.
Chess (?), n. [OE. ches, F. échecs, prop. pl. of échec check. See 1st Check.]
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.
Hear it pronounced