CHEATABLENESS
CHEATABLENESS, noun Liability to be cheated.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHEATED
CHEATED, participle present tense Defrauded by deception.
CHEATER
CHEATER, noun One who practices a fraud in commerce.
CHEATING
CHEATING, participle present tense Defrauding by deception; imposing on.CHEATING, noun The act of defrauding by deceitful arts.
CHECK
CHECK, verb transitive1. To stop; to restrain; to hinder; to curb. It signifies to put an entire stop to motion, or to restrain its violence, and cause an abatement; to moderate...
CHECK-MATE
CHECK-MATE, noun1. The movement on a chess board or in the game of chess that kills the opposite men, or hinders them from moving, so that the game is finished.2. Defeat; overth...
CHECKED
CHECKED, CHECKT, participle passive Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded.
CHECKER
CHECKER, verb transitive1. 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 var...
CHECKER-WORK
CHECKER-WORK, noun Work varied alternately as to its colors or materials; work consisting of cross lines.
CHECKERS
CHECKERS, n plural A common game on a checkered board.
CHECKING
CHECKING, participle present tense Stopping; curbing; restraining; moderating; controlling; rebuking.
CHECKLESS
CHECKLESS, adjective That cannot be checked, or restrained.
CHECKT
CHECKED, CHECKTparticiple passive Stopped; restrained; repressed; curbed; moderated; controlled; reprimanded.
CHECKY
CHECKY, noun In heraldry, a border that has more than two rows of checkers, or when the bordure or shield is checkered, like a chess-board.
CHEEK
CHEEK, noun1. The side of the face below the eyes on each side.2. Among mechanics, cheeks are those pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or which are double and a...
CHEEK-BONE
CHEEK-BONE, noun The bone of the cheek.
CHEEK-TOOTH
CHEEK-TOOTH, noun The hinder tooth or tusk. Joel 1:6.
CHEEKED
CHEEKED, adjective Brought near the cheek.
CHEEP
CHEEP, verb intransitive To chirp, as a small bird.
CHEER
CHEER, verb transitive1. To salute with shouts of joy, or cheers.2. To dispel gloom, sorrow, silence or apathy; to cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; as, to cheer a...
CHEERED
CHEERED, participle passive Enlivened; animated; made glad.
CHEERER
CHEERER, noun One who cheers; he or that which gladdens.Thou cheerer of our days.Prime cheerer light.
CHEERFUL
CHEERFUL, adjective1. Lively; animated; having good spirits; moderately joyful. This is the most usual signification of the word, expressing a degree of animation less than mirt...
CHEERFULLY
CHEERFULLY, adverb In a cheerful manner; with alacrity or willingness; readily; with life, animation or good spirits.
CHEERFULNESS
CHEERFULNESS, noun Life; animation; good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.He that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness Romans 12:8.
CHEERILY
CHEERILY, adverb With cheerfulness; with spirit.
CHEERING
CHEERING, participle present tense Giving joy or gladness; enlivening; encouraging; animating.