- 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. - 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.
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