Definition of check

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Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

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Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..
Freck :: Freck (v. t.) To checker; to diversify.
Checkmated :: Checkmated (imp. & p. p.) of Checkmat.
Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..
Blink :: Blink (pl.) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them..
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
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..
Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
Control :: Control (n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register..
Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Gilded leather.
Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..
Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Check :: Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure..
Check :: Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere.
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