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Chess

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chess'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chess.html. 1828.