noun. A board game for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved according to individual rules, with the objective of checkmating the opposing king.

noun. One of the floorboards of a pontoon bridge.

noun. Any of several species of brome, especially Bromus secalinus.

noun. An obsolete variant of chase.

noun. One of the planks forming the roadway of a military bridge.

noun. Obsolete form jess.

noun. Dice.

noun. The common name in the United States of several species of Bromus, especially B. secalinus, which bears some resemblance to oats, and is frequently more or less abundant as a weed in wheat-fields. Also called cheat.

noun. A very ancient game played by two persons or parties with thirty-two pieces on a checkered board divided into sixty-four squares.

noun. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A type of grass, generally considered a weed.

noun. A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

noun. One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

noun. weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

noun. a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

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