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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Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..
Checkmated :: Checkmated (imp. & p. p.) of Checkmat.
Wahabee :: Wahabee (n.) A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India..
Freak :: Freak (v. t.) To variegate; to checker; to streak.
Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..
Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..
Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list..
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..
Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
Tick :: Tick (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
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