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v. t.
To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Checkmate
n.
Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
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.
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Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Check
v. t.
To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
imp. & p. p.
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imp. & p. p.
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n.
A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
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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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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.
v. t.
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.
v.
A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.
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The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
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A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
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That can not be checked or restrained.
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A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.
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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.
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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