Definition of check

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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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Chequer :: Chequer (n. & v.) Same as Checker.
Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.
Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.
Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..
Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere.
Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Blank :: Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot..
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..
Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..
Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..
Bearing Rein :: Bearing rein () A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.
Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..
Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..
Chequy :: Chequy (n.) Same as Checky.
Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..
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