Ends a chess game

Usage examples of mates.

The mates of officers and crew members had no place on warshipsunless both happened to be assigned to the same ship, which was rare.

Leorsabout their patterned skin and inability to produce body heat, and their insistence on virgin mates, not to mention their fierceness and cruelty and utter ruthlessness.

It was traditional for Leors to commemorate special life events, such as the merging of mates, the birth of a child, or victory over an enemy, by hunting and capturing wild game, and making a sacrifice to the Goddess, at her altar.

Although he knew the merging of mates created telepathic links between them, he had not known how such a link would work between a Leor and a human, and a Shielder at that.

Only true mates allowed this personal touch, and with Dark, Luca found that he craved its biting heat and the flood of desire it produced in his hot blood.

It has been said that Wolfen women often cause injury to their mates before the whole thing is done and over with.

Men are expected to relieve their needs with their mates once in a while.

By unspoken agreement, no mention was made of possible mates for Ayla though she was of a far more matable age.

Chosen mates with a human, the conversion is done carefully, according to ritual.

He wanted to bring his mate to him, strengthen her in the way the Chosen had been making their mates strong for ages.

Chosen attend their mates this way after mating and when a need to pay tribute is required by their mate.

The captain and his mates were seen to be taking an observation, and soon afterwards it became known that we were just crossing the line.

The carpenter and his mates hurried aft to close them, and we youngsters were sent below to help him, and put things to rights.

The first and second mates stand on stages lowered over the side, cutting the blubber from the whale as the crew heave it round with the windlass.

Cockle was going on shore with one of the mates and a party of the men, he to botanise and they to obtain fresh provisions, I went up to the captain and asked leave to accompany him.