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   Check , n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. échec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. échecs chess, through Ar., fr. Pers. shāh king. See Shah, and cf. Checkmate, Chess, Checker.]
    (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.
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   A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
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   Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity.
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   No check, no stay, this streamlet fears.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.
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   Useful check upon the administration of government.
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   A man whom no check could abash.
   Macaulay.
   
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   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.
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   A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
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   A woven or painted design in squares resembling the pattern of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.
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   (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
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   Small chick or crack.
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   Bank check, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. -- Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Check nut (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight. -- Check valve (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler, or other conduit, to prevent the return of the feed water or other fluid. -- To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden.
   Syn. -- Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.
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