Definition of check

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Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..

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Checker :: Checker (v. t.) Checkerwork.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
Chill :: Chill (n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly..
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.
Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..
Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.
Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.
Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..
Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..
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