Definition of check

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Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

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Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick..
Checker :: Checker (v. t.) Checkerwork.
Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..
Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.
Rebuke :: Rebuke (n.) Check; rebuff.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..
Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy..
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) That which stanches or checks.
Stub :: Stub (n.) A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded..
Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
Checkerberries :: Checkerberries (pl. ) of Checkerberr.
Mate :: Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.
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