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Scaci, Scacci, or Scachi—a kind of chess: "le jeu des Echecs." Thus called, according to Du Fresne, from the Arabic or Persian word,, or king, because this is the principal piece in the game. Pseudo-Ovidius, lib. i. de Vetula, furnishes the following description, which will somewhat elucidate the text.