3. 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.
4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. Shak.
5. (Naut.)
Defn: To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber.
Syn. — To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.
CHECK
Check, v. i.
Defn: To make a stop; to pause; — with at. The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.
2. To clash or interfere. [R.] Bacon.
3. To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. Dryden.