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ˈchequer-wise, adv.
Like a ‘chequer’ or chessboard; in squares of alternate colours; with lines crossing at right angles. (Orig. in chequer wise.)
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xi, The stretes paued..In cheker wyse with stones whyte and reade. 1534in E. Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture v. (1866) 205 Red velvett..powtherid wt gold checker wise. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 40 Rotes of Horse radice cut checkerwyse like to dice. 1577Holinshed Chron. I. 11/1 They haue made a mingle mangle..of both the languages, and haue in such medleie or checkerwise so crabbedlie iumbled them both togither. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. i. 267 To plant those Tufts Checquerwise. 1863Kinglake Crimea II. 234 Battalion-columns posted..chequer-wise on the flanks of the great Redoubt. |