† chessesn.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chasse.

Etymology: Probably < Middle French chasse, French châsse case, container, shrine or case for the relics of a saint, setting of a gem (12th cent. in Old French: see chasse n.¹, chase n.²). Compare chesboll n.

Obsolete.

An old name for the Peony.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > peonies

peonyOE

blessed rose1563

king's bloom1598

chesses1657

pyeenock1911

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ii. 4 In English Piony, or Peony, and of some Chesses.

1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 44.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

†b. in form chesses, chests.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun]

chequer1297

chessc1325

chess-playingc1400

chess-play1481

chests1561

cestes1578

obessea1629

checkmatea1661

chess-game1834

1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 12 As the Kyng plaid at the chesses with oone of his knyghtis.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 58 As they were playnge togyder at the chesses.

1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. Yy.iiii^v To be meanly seene in the play at Chestes.

1562 J. Rowbottom (title) The Pleasaunt and Wittie Plaie of the Cheastes.

c1610 J. Donne 2nd Let. to Sir H. Wootton in Poems Whose deepest projects, and egregious gests Are but dull morals of a game at Chests.

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. i. 181 Chests.

单词	chesses
释义	† chessesn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French chasse. Etymology: Probably < Middle French chasse, French châsse case, container, shrine or case for the relics of a saint, setting of a gem (12th cent. in Old French: see chasse n.¹, chase n.²). Compare chesboll n. Obsolete. An old name for the Peony. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > peonies peonyOE blessed rose1563 king's bloom1598 chesses1657 pyeenock1911 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ii. 4 In English Piony, or Peony, and of some Chesses. 1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) 44. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2020). > as lemmas chesses †b. in form chesses, chests. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] chequer1297 chessc1325 chess-playingc1400 chess-play1481 chests1561 cestes1578 obessea1629 checkmatea1661 chess-game1834 1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 12 As the Kyng plaid at the chesses with oone of his knyghtis. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 58 As they were playnge togyder at the chesses. 1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. Yy.iiii^v To be meanly seene in the play at Chestes. 1562 J. Rowbottom (title) The Pleasaunt and Wittie Plaie of the Cheastes. c1610 J. Donne 2nd Let. to Sir H. Wootton in Poems Whose deepest projects, and egregious gests Are but dull morals of a game at Chests. 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iv. i. 181 Chests. extracted from chessn.¹ < n.1657 as lemmas
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† chessesn.

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