Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

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Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
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..
Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..
Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.
Check :: Check (a.) Checkered; designed in checks.
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..
Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.
Check :: Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds..
Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Skid :: Skid (v. t.) To check with a skid, as wagon wheels..
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..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
Checkerberries :: Checkerberries (pl. ) of Checkerberr.
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