(a) Chess Elephant (the piece now called bishop); (b) used contemptuously of a person; (c) ?rubbish. …

Chess A rook, castle; also, a representation of a rook in a coat of arms. …

(a) A small, portable writing tablet made from a slab of wood or other hard material, often covered with wax in which the characters are incised; pl. a set of tablets, usu. tied or hinged together, a……