Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

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Chequy :: Chequy (n.) Same as Checky.
Uncheckable :: Uncheckable (a.) Not capable of being checked or stopped.
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.)..
Bank :: Bank (n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..
Gingham :: Gingham (n.) A kind of cotton or linen cloth, usually in stripes or checks, the yarn of which is dyed before it is woven; -- distinguished from printed cotton or prints..
Mate :: Mate (v. t.) To checkmate.
Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..
Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..
Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..
Tartan :: Tartan (n.) Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern..
Check :: Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad..
Teller :: Teller (n.) An officer of a bank who receives and counts over money paid in, and pays money out on checks..
Plaid :: Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin..
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Counter :: Counter (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a..
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check..
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