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scaccare, ~iare [scacca+-are] 1 to mark like a chess-board, to decorate with squares of two different colours, (also p. ppl. as adj.) checkered. 1235 pannus ‥ ~iat' (v. burellatus); c1325 de ‥ coopertoriis pro lectis scakcatis LTR Ac 14 r. 6d.; 1339 in iiij ulnis burelli ~iati iiij s. iiij d. Ac. Durh. 536; 1345 unum tapete ~atum Sacr. Lichf. 112; 1349 unum doublettum de panno serici †staccato [l. scaccato] (KR Ac 391/15) Arch. XXXI 44; 1355 j houce scackatum de albo et nigro MunCOx 130; 1359 unum coopertorium de worsted' †stactat' [l. scaccato] CalExch III 247; 1368 item j coverlit de worthsted' skackata Invent. Norw. 60; p1368 j vestimentum integrum pro uno capellano aurei panni skeccati Ib. 88; 1402 quissini de worstede de blavio et albo ~ato (Invent. S. Paul.) Arch. L 516. 2 (her.) to blazon checky. b (p. ppl. as adj.) checky. de cruce plana perforata. ‥ opinio quorundam dicencium quod ista arma sunt ~ata est omnino reprobanda; quia arma ~ari non possunt ad omne minus nisi in numero quaternario set in majori numero bene possunt Upton 213.  b bordurarum quedam sunt pulverizate, quedam ~iate ‥ ista bordura sive fimbria dicitur ~ata de duobus coloribus ad modum scaccarum Bad. Aur. 188; vocantur arma ~ata quando formantur de duobus coloribus ad modum scaccorum Upton 245; area tessellata seu emblematica fit cum plures perpendiculares lineae a pluribus transversis dissecantur quod ab Italorum vocabulo scaechia, Germanico schach, alii ~atam vocant, alii scachificatam Spelman Asp. 85.

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