Definition of check

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Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

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Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game..
Mask :: Mask (v. t.) To cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.
Checky :: Checky (a.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.
Chequy :: Chequy (n.) Same as Checky.
Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.
Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..
Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea..
Faser :: Faser (n.) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy..
Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.
Check :: Check (n.) Small chick or crack.
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Bearer :: Bearer (n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer..
Checkering :: Checkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checke.
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
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