3. At the last period of the game, observe where your pawns are strongest, best connected, and nearest to queen; likewise mind how your adversary’s pawns are disposed, and compare these things together; and if you can get to queen before him, proceed without hesitation; if not, hurry on with your king to prevent him: I speak now, as supposing all the noblemen are gone; if not, they are to attend your pawns, and likewise to prevent your adversary from going to queen.—_Vide_ _Hoyle_—_Jones, &c._ CHESS-BOARD, _s._ The board or table on which the game of chess is played. CHESS-MAN, _s._ A puppet for chess. CHEVAUX-DE-FRISE, s. A piece of timber traversed with wooden spikes, pointed with iron, five or six feet long. CHEW, _v._ To grind with the teeth, to masticate; to meditate, or ruminate in the thoughts; to taste without swallowing. CHICK, CHICKEN, _s._ The young of a bird, particularly of a hen, or small bird. CHINE, _s._ The part of the back in which the back-bone is found; a piece of the back of an animal. CHIRP, _s._ The voice of birds or insects. CHOP, _v._ To do any thing with a quick motion; to light or happen upon any thing. To fall upon a scent. CHOUGH, _s._ A bird which frequents the rocks by the sea. This species weighs about fourteen ounces; length near seventeen inches. The bill is longer and more slender than in any of the genus, a little curved, of a deep orange red, much resembling red coral, and is remarkably brittle; irides hazel. The plumage is wholly black, glossed with purple; legs and feet red; claws black, strong, and much hooked. The female differs in not being so large, and in the bill being shorter; the plumage in both sexes is alike. This bird with us seems to be chiefly confined to Devonshire, Cornwall, and Wales, where it is found on most of the bold rocky shores. It has been seen on the cliffs of Dover, supposed to have escaped from confinement, and stocked those rocks. But we believe the breed in those parts is again lost.—_Montagu._ CHRONIC, _a._ Relating to time. A chronic distemper is of long duration. _Vide_ LAMENESS. CHUB, _s._ A river fish. The cheven. [Illustration]