Part 1829

<h1>Cheat</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheat</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To practice fraud or trickery; <as>as, to <ex>cheat</ex> at cards</as>.</def>

<h1>Cheat</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheat</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. from OF. <ets>chet\'82</ets> goods, chattels.]</ety> <def>Wheat, or bread made from wheat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<blockquote>Their purest <b>cheat</b>, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cheatable</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheat"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being cheated.</def>

<h1>Cheatableness</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheat"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Capability of being cheated.</def>

<h1>Cheater</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheat"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who cheats.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An escheator.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Chebacco</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Che*bac"co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Chebacco</ets>, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also <altname>pinkstern</altname> and <altname>chebec</altname>.</def>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Chebec</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Che"bec</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Chebacco</er>.</def>

<h1>Chebec</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Che*bec"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named from its note.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small American bird (<spn>Empidonax minimus</spn>); the least flycatcher.</def>

<h1>Check</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Check</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chek</ets>, OF. <ets>eschec</ets>, F. <ets>\'82chec</ets>, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. <ets>\'82checs</ets> chess, through AR., fr. Pers. <ets>sh\'beh</ets> king. See <er>Shah</er>, and cf. <er>Checkmate</er>, <er>Chess</er>, <er>Checker</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chess)</fld> <def>A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be <i>in check</i>, and must be made safe at the next move.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; <as>as, to hold an enemy in <ex>check</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>Which gave a remarkable <b>check</b> to the first progress of Christianity. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No <b>check</b>, no stay, this streamlet fears. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.</def>

<blockquote>Useful <b>check</b> upon the administration of government. <i>Washington.</i></blockquote>