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{ Che*ru"bic (?), Che*ru"bic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. "The cherubic host." Milton.

Cher"u*bim (?), n. The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim.

&fist; Cherubims, in the King James version of the bible, is an incorrect form, made by adding the English plural termination to the Hebrew plural cherubim instead of to the singular cherub.

Cher"u*bin (?), a. Cherubic; angelic. [Obs.] Shak.

Cher"u*bin, n. A cherub. [Obs.] Dryden.

Cher"up (?), v. i. [Prob. fr. chirp.] To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Cher"up, v. t. To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup.

He cherups brisk ear-erecting steed. Cowper.

Cher"up, n. A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.

Cher"vil (?), n. [AS. cerfille, fr. L. caerefolium, chaerephyllum, Gr. &?;; &?; to rejoice + &?; leaf.] (Bot.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.

Ches (?), pret. of Chese. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chese (?), v. t. To choose [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ches"i*ble (?), n. See Chasuble.

Ches"lip (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The wood louse. [Prov. Eng.]

Chess (?), n. [OE. ches, F. Úchecs, prop. pl. of Úchec 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.

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"-ap`ple (?), n. The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

Chess"board` (?), n. The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

&fist; The chessboard and the checkerboard are alike.

Ches"sel (?), n. The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds.

Chess"es (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpenty.] (Mil.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm.

&fist;A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess consists of three planks." Farrow.

Ches"sil (?), n. [OE. chesil, AS. ceosel gravel, sand.] Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell.

Chess"man (?), n.; pl. Chessmen (#). A piece used in the game of chess.

Ches"som (#), n. [Cf. Chisley.] Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.

Chess"tree` (?), n. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpentry.] (Naut.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

Ches`sy" cop"per (?). (Min.) The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.