OT Chessnuts

My spell checker says "chestnut".

My preferences say "leg-man". But for the spelling in the title, unlike Bobby Fisher, I preferred the English Opening when playing white.

Chuck

And then there's moorhead....

Ted Novak TRA#5512 IEAS#75

There is no word "chessnut". If you're referring to an aficionado of the game of chess it would be "chess nut".

So does my tree & my street.

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: [1]chest·nut Pronunciation: 'ches(t)-(")n&t Function: noun Etymology: Middle English chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, from Middle French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea Date: 14th century

1 a : any of a genus (Castanea) of trees or shrubs of the beech family; especially : an American tree (C. dentata) that was formerly a dominant or codominant member of many deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. but has now been largely eliminated by the chestnut blight and seldom grows beyond the shrub or sapling stage b : the edible nut of a chestnut c : the wood of a chestnut 2 : a grayish to reddish brown 3 : HORSE CHESTNUT 4 : a chestnut-colored animal; specifically : a horse having a body color of any shade of pure or reddish brown with mane, tail, and points of the same or a lighter shade ? compare [2]BAY 1, SORREL 1 5 : a callosity on the inner side of the leg of the horse; see HORSE illustration 6 a : an old joke or story b : something (as a musical piece or a saying) repeated to the point of staleness

A "chessnut" would be someone obsessed with a certain board game. :)

Thank You Ray

MS

CHESTNUT

I thought it would be "geek." And yes, I was one.

you eat chestnuts, a person who loves Chess is a Chessnut

by the way, 2 nuts on your chest are called a ...er...blo....

While a chess nut may be a geek, a geek is not necessarily a chess nut.

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especially : an American tree (C. dentata) that was formerly a dominant or

The stair case in my home is American Chestnut......imagine the cost of replacing it.....Where's that number for Lloyd's of London? I've planted a Chinese/sort of American Chestnut hybrid in the backyard, if it doesn't last 10 years the blight will own the hybrid too. Since few folks know if it maybe it will prosper.

American Chestnut was such an incredible wood for American homes in the pre-McMansion times. It had the longevity of oak but the workability of pine. It was a true natural crossover hybrid wood. It's sad to see the blight cause such devastation.

For once a natural devastation and not caused by us knuckleheads. ;-)

I don't even want to know how you know what that feels like on your chest.;-)

Musta been when you were laying under the car working on it. We can all hope. RDH8