Chess announcement
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Definition
| • | 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. |
| • | A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. |
| • | Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below. |
| • | 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. |
| • | The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. |
| • | Small chick or crack. |
| • | To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. |
| • | To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To chide, rebuke, or reprove. |
| • | To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. |
| • | To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. |
| • | To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. |
| • | To clash or interfere. |
| • | To act as a curb or restraint. |
| • | To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc. |
| • | To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. |
| • | Checkered; designed in checks. |
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