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Checkage: Definition and part of speech

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Checkage

  1. n. The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.
  2. n. The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Checker: Definition and part of speech

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Checker

  1. v. t. One who checks.
  2. n. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
  3. n. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.
  4. v. t. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
  5. v. t. A pattern in checks; a single check.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Checkered: Definition and part of speech

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Checkered

  1. imp. & p. p. of Checker
  2. a. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Checky: Definition and part of speech

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Checky

  1. a. Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; — said of the field or of an armorial bearing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Checkerberry: Definition and part of speech

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Checkerberry

  1. n. A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Checkerboard: Definition and part of speech

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Checkerboard

  1. n. A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.