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Webster 1913 Edition


Checkers

Check′ers

(chĕk′ẽrz)
,
Noun.
pl.
[See
Checher
,
Verb.
]
A game, called also
draughts
, 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Checkers

CHECKERS

, n plu. A common game on a checkered board.