5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.
6. 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.
7. (Falconry)
Defn: The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
8. Small chick or crack. 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 to
prevent the return of the feed water.
— To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden.
Syn. — Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.
CHECK
Check, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked; p. pr. & vb. n. checking.]
1. (Chess)
Defn: To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.
2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. Burke.