4. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
5. (Falconry)
Defn: To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other
birds.
And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his
eye. Shak.
CHECK
Check, a.
Defn: Checkered; designed in checks.
CHECKAGE
Check"age, n.
1. The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.
2. The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.
CHECKER
Check"er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]
Defn: One who checks.