3 entries under this word

Checker

Chĕck'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHECKERED; p. pr. & vb. n. CHECKERING.] [From O. Fr. eschequier, eschakier, N. Fr. échiquier, a chess-board. See CHECKER, n., 2.]

To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess-board, by lines or stripes of different colors.
To variegate or diversify with different qualities, scenes, or events.

Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

Chĕck'er, n.

noun

n. 1. One who checks or restrains; a rebuker.

Sense 2. [See CHECKER, v. t.] A chess-board.

Sense 3. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

Chĕck'er or Chĕck'er-work, n.

noun

(-wûrk), n. Work varied alternately as to its colors or materials; work consisting of cross-lines.