Past tense of 'chicque,' meaning to move or progress in a zigzag or checker pattern, or to mark with checks (archaic/dialectal usage).
From 'chicque,' possibly related to 'check' or 'checkerboard' patterns, with '-ed' as the past tense suffix. This is largely obsolete vocabulary.
This word is so obscure that even most historical dictionaries barely mention it—it's a reminder that English once had hundreds of words we've completely forgotten that described specific movement or pattern-making.
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