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[Chequer]
** English
*** Etymology
See [en].
[fruit] Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the
fruit. According to the _Oxford English Dictionary_, “the surmises that
_chequer_ may be a corruption of _choker_, and that ‘choker’ may once have
been the name, are gratuitous.”[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The edible fruit of the wild service tree , [Sorbus torminalis] .
2. [en] (in certain senses only).
**** Derived terms
[en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] .
2. * [III]
3. * [text=A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and CHEQUERING the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.]
**** Derived terms
[en]
*** References
References:
[1]. [entry=Che·quer]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]