Definition of check

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Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..

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Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Tartan :: Tartan (n.) Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern..
Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out..
Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
Check :: Check (n.) Small chick or crack.
Checkering :: Checkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checke.
Control :: Control (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..
Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
Check :: Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Tut :: Tut () Be still; hush; -- an exclamation used for checking or rebuking.
Lactifuge :: Lactifuge (n.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game..
Fibre-faced :: Fibre-faced (a.) Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc..
Check :: Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure..
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