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ˈchecky, chequee, a.
Also 6 checkey, 7 -ie, chequy, 9 -ey, -ee, checquey.
[orig. aphetic f. OF. eschequié, eschequé in same sense (see check v.2), but assimilated to Eng. adjs. in -y.]
Checked, chequered: a. Her.
1486Bk. St. Alban's, Her. B v a, Called checky..whan the felde is chekerd with diuerse colouris. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 782 The Crosse is chequy. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn., Checky, the Herald's Term for a Bordure or Ordinary, that hath more than two Rows of Checkers. 1864Boutell Heraldry (ed. 3) xv. 217 A fess checquy.
b. gen. Hence † checkie-wise adv.
1603Florio Montaigne iii. ix. (1632) 543 My booke..is but uncoherent, checky, or illjoined. 1866Neale Seq. & Hymns 206 Checkie-wise falling On to the turf beneath, the sun made richest confusion Mixed with the foliage' shadows. |