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Checker


CHECKER, verb transitive

1. To variegate with cross lines; to form into little squares, like a chess board, by lines or stripes of different colors. Hence,

2. To diversify; to variegate with different qualities, scenes, or events.

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

CHECKER, noun

1. One who checks or restrains; a rebuker.

2. A chess-board.