&fist; This word is also written chequer.
Check"er*ber`ry (-b&ebreve;r`r&ybreve;), n.; pl. Checkerberries (#). (Bot.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
Check"er*board (-bōrd`), n. A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.
Check"ered (-&etilde;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.
Check"ers (ch&ebreve;k"&etilde;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.
Check"er*work` (?), n. 1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.