[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

check \check\ che^k, n. oe. chek, of. eschec, f. 'echec,
   a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl.
   'echecs chess, through ar., fr. pers. sh=ah king. see
   shah, and cf. checkmate, chess, checker.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest;
      stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.
      1913 webster

            which gave a remarkable check to the first progress
            of christianity.                      --addison.
      1913 webster

            no check, no stay, this streamlet fears.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle,
      guard, restraint, or rebuff.
      1913 webster

            useful check upon the administration of government.
                                                  --washington.
      1913 webster

            a man whom no check could abash.      --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. 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.
      1913 webster

   5. a written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as
      therein stated. see bank check, below.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   7. falconry the forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to
      follow other birds.
      1913 webster

   8. small chick or crack.
      1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
shah checkmate chess checker bank check check book 
check hook check list check nut check valve to take check 

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