Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..

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Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..
Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..
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..
Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..
Skid :: Skid (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels..
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Chill :: Chill (n.) A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assembly..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..
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..
Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..
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..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy..
Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..
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..
Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
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