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CheckerChecker Check"er, n. [From Check, v. t.]
One who checks. CheckerChecker Check"er, n. [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]
1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
2. A pattern in checks; a single check.
3. Checkerwork.
Note: This word is also written chequer. checkerberryWintergreen Win"ter*green`, n. (Bot.)
A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
species of Pyrola which in America are called
English wintergreen, and shin leaf (see Shin leaf,
under Shin.) In America, the name wintergreen is
given to Gaultheria procumbens, a low evergreen
aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
by red berries; -- called also checkerberry, and
sometimes, though improperly, partridge berry.
Chickweed wintergreen, a low perennial primulaceous herb
(Trientalis Americana); -- also called star flower.
Flowering wintergreen, a low plant (Polygala paucifolia)
with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
(Gaultheria), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
blossoms.
Spotted wintergreen, a low evergreen plant (Chimaphila
maculata) with ovate, white-spotted leaves. Checkerboard
Checkerboard Check"er*board (-b[=o]rd`), n.
A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for
playing checkers or draughts.
Checkered
Checkered Check"ered (-[~e]rd), a.
1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color
or material.
Dancing in the checkered shade. --Milton.
2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in
appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
This checkered narrative. --Macaulay.
checkersDraughts Draughts, n. pl.
A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers.
Note: Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on
a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc. CheckersCheckers Check"ers (ch[e^]k"[~e]rz), n. pl. [See Checher,
v.]
A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by
two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers)
which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of
the players has lost all his men, or can not move them. Checkerwork
Checkerwork Check"er*work`, n.
1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately
as to colors or materials.
2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life
of man. --De Foe.
Decker
Decker Deck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a
table decker.
2. A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in
composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
Double-decker
Double-decker Dou"ble-deck"er, n.
(a) A tenement house having two families on each floor.
[Local, U. S.]
(b) A biplane a["e]roplane or kite. [Colloq.]
Double-decker
Double-decker Dou"ble-deck"er, n.
1. (Naut.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.
2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the
roof. [Colloq.]
Flecker
Flecker Fleck"er, v. t.
To fleck. --Johnson.
Flower peckerPecker Peck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks
holes in trees; a woodpecker.
2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. --Garth.
Flower pecker. (Zo["o]l.) See under Flower. Flower pecker Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a
geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an
outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes
consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly,
an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more
or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is
sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate
leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens,
consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther,
in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a
pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower,
and consists generally of three principal parts; one or
more compartments at the base, each containing one or
more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which
in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the
top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must
find its way in order to fertilize the flower. --Sir J.
Lubbock.
3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as,
the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time
of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is,
youth.
The choice and flower of all things profitable the
Psalms do more briefly contain. --Hooker.
The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. --Southey.
A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred
coats of arms. --Tennyson.
4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a
sort of glue. --Arbuthnot.
5. pl. (Old. Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder,
especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the
flowers of sulphur.
6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
7. pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders
around pages, cards, etc. --W. Savage.
8. pl. Menstrual discharges. --Lev. xv. 24.
Animal flower (Zo["o]l.) See under Animal.
Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a
bouquet.
Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of
flowers.
Flower beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle which feeds upon
flowers, esp. any one of numerous small species of the
genus Meligethes, family Nitidulid[ae], some of which
are injurious to crops.
Flower bird (Zo["o]l.), an Australian bird of the genus
Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.
Flower bud, an unopened flower.
Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close
at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the
florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of
the daisy.
Flower pecker (Zo["o]l.), one of a family (Dic[ae]id[ae])
of small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble
humming birds in habits.
Flower piece.
(a) A table ornament made of cut flowers.
(b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.
Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem
that supports the flower or fructification. NeckerchiefNeckerchief Neck"er*chief, n. [For neck kerchief.]
A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief. nicker peckerNickle Nic"kle, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European woodpecker, or yaffle; -- called also nicker
pecker. Nutpecker
Nutpecker Nut"peck`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The nuthatch.
OxpeckerOxpecker Ox"peck`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An African bird of the genus Buphaga; the beefeater. PeckerPecker Peck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks
holes in trees; a woodpecker.
2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. --Garth.
Flower pecker. (Zo["o]l.) See under Flower. Pigeon woodpecker Pigeon grass (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass (Setaria
glauca), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly
eaten by pigeons and other birds.
Pigeon hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small American falcon (Falco columbarius). The
adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with
black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked
with brown. The tail is banded.
(b) The American sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter velox, or
fuscus).
Pigeon hole.
(a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house.
(b) See Pigeonhole.
(c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled
through little arches. --Halliwell.
Pigeon house, a dovecote.
Pigeon pea (Bot.), the seed of Cajanus Indicus; a kind of
pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the
plant itself.
Pigeon plum (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African
species of Chrysobalanus (C. ellipticus and C.
luteus).
Pigeon tremex. (Zo["o]l.) See under Tremex.
Pigeon wood (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood
of several very different kinds of trees, species of
Dipholis, Diospyros, and Coccoloba.
Pigeon woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), the flicker.
Prairie pigeon. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The upland plover.
(b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.] pigeon woodpeckerFlicker Flick"er, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden
and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
the dying flame.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes
aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau. Three-decker
Three-decker Three"-deck`er, n. (Naut.)
A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.
treckerTrekker Trek"ker, n. [D.]
One that treks. [Written also trecker.] [South Africa]
--James Bryce. Two-decker
Two-decker Two"-deck`er, n.
A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.
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