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Definition of check

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Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..

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Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.

Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..

Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..

Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

Chequy :: Chequy (n.) Same as Checky.

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.

Controllable :: Controllable (a.) Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command..

Kite :: Kite (n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill..

Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

Counterchecking :: Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchec.

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

Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.

Blink :: Blink (pl.) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them..

Plaid :: Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

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..

Antemetic :: Antemetic (a.) Tending to check vomiting.

Fritillary :: Fritillary (n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria..