Definition of check

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Check (n.) Small chick or crack.

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Reinless :: Reinless (a.) Not having, or not governed by, reins; hence, not checked or restrained..
Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..
Checking :: Checking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chec.
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
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..
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Stunt :: Stunt (n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing..
Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..
Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..
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..
Overslow :: Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.
Checkmated :: Checkmated (imp. & p. p.) of Checkmat.
Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
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..
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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