Part 1830

<blockquote>A man whom no <b>check</b> could abash. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; <as>as, <ex>checks</ex> placed against items in an account; a <ex>check</ex> given for baggage; a return <ex>check</ex> on a railroad.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See <cref>Bank check</cref>, below.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Small chick or crack.</def>

<cs><col>Bank check</col>, <cd>a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer.</cd> -- <col>Check book</col>, <cd>a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank.</cd> -- <col>Check hook</col>, <cd>a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped.</cd> -- <col>Check list</col>, <cd>a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked.</cd> -- <col>Check nut</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Check valve</col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water.</cd> -- <col>To take check</col>, <cd>to take offense. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Dryden</i>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.</syn>

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<hw>Check</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Checked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>checking</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chess)</fld> <def>To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.</def>

<blockquote>So many clogs to <b>check</b> and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; <as>as, to <ex>check</ex> an account; to <ex>check</ex> baggage.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To chide, rebuke, or reprove.</def>

<blockquote>The good king, his master, will <b>check</b> him for it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; <as>as, the sun <ex>checks</ex> timber</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.</syn>

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<hw>Check</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a stop; to pause; -- with <i>at</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else <b>checks</b> at any vigorous undertaking ever after. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To clash or interfere.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To act as a curb or restraint.</def>

<blockquote>It [his presence] <b>checks</b> too strong upon me. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.</def>

<blockquote>And like the haggard, <b>check</b> at every feather That comes before his eye. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>