- One who verifies - One who checks. - To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by
crossing stripes of different colors. - To variegate or diversify with different qualities,
colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of
prosperity and adversity. - A piece in the game of draughts or checkers. - A pattern in checks; a single check. - Checkerwork.
- 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.