Definition of check

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Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

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Checkerberries :: Checkerberries (pl. ) of Checkerberr.
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..
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..
Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..
Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..
Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.
Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..
Teaberry :: Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
Snib :: Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.
Lichen :: Lichen (n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion..
Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.
Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..
Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..
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