Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

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Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
Checkerberries :: Checkerberries (pl. ) of Checkerberr.
Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
Check :: 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..
Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Tick :: Tick (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check..
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Counterchecking :: Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchec.
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..
Checking :: Checking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chec.
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