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chess

Pronunciation: (ches), [key]
—n.
a game played by two persons, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard.

Pronunciation: (ches), [key]
—n.,
—pl. chess, chess•es.
one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge.

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