(a) Chess Checkmated; also fig.; chek and mat [see chek-mat]; (b) helpless, powerless; overcome, defeated; confounded, discomfited; maken mat, to overcome (sb.), defeat, render powerless.
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(a) Of a substance, structure, an object: white in color; whitish, pale-colored, light-colored; of the moon, a star: silvery-white; of a book or register: bound in a white or light-colored binding; of……
