Also chequed. [f. CHECK v.2 + -ED.] Marked with lines crossing at right angles; variegated with different colors in squares or other geometrical figures; chequered.

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c. 1460.  J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, in Babees Bk. (1868), 147. Custard, chekkid buche, square with þe knyfe.

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1536.  Wardrobe Acc. Hen. VIII., in Archæol., IX. 248. Grene clothe of golde checked.

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1625.  B. Jonson, Pan’s Anniversary, Wks. (ed. Rtldg.), 643/1. The checqued, and purple-ringed daffodillies.

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1799.  J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 171. Manufacturers of chequed goods in Glasgow.

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1820.  Scott, Monast., viii. Her checked apron.

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1840.  R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, iv. 6. White duck trousers and red or checked shirts.

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1885.  Pall Mall Gaz., 5 Sept., 4/1. The Englishman’s chequed travelling cap.

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