CPage 227
- English Word Check Definition Small chick or crack.
- English Word Check Definition To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
- English Word Check Definition To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
- English Word Check Definition 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, to check an account; to check baggage.
- English Word Check Definition To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
- English Word Check Definition To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
- English Word Check Definition To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
- English Word Check Definition To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
- English Word Check Definition To clash or interfere.
- English Word Check Definition To act as a curb or restraint.
- English Word Check Definition To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
- English Word Check Definition To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
- English Word Check Definition Checkered; designed in checks.
- English Word Checkage Definition The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.
- English Word Checkage Definition The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.
- English Word Checked Definition of Check
- English Word Checker Definition One who checks.
- English Word Checker Definition To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
- English Word Checker Definition To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity.
- English Word Checker Definition A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.