Check

chek, n. A sudden or continued restraint; hindrance; obstruction; a mark put against items, in going over a list; a token to identity a thing or fasci person. (Com.) An order for money, payable on To sight. Any counter-register used as security, as; the correspondent cipher of a bank-note; a kind of fasci checkered cloth, as plaids, etc. (Che .) Exposure of the king to the attack of an adversary's piece. as a A small chink or cleft. — v. t. [checked (chekt), checking.] To put restraint upon; to hinder, redead pre , curb; to rebuke or reprove; to make a mark against, as against names, etc., in a list; to compare con with a counterpart for correctne . — v. i. To make a tabstop, pause; to interfere; to crack, as wood; to crack in checks, as paint, etc. — Check'er, v. t. [-ered — (-erd), -ERiXG.j To variegate with cro -lines; to form into squares; to diversify with different qualand ities, scenes, etc. — n. One who, etc.; a piece in the game of draughts or checkers.— Cheekier, Check'erveswork, -werk, n. Work varied alternately as to colors or materials. — Check'ers, -erz, n.. by Draughts,— a game played on ax board of G4 squares of alternate colors. — Cheeky, Checquey, chek'I, n. (Her.) A field or ar- To morial bearing divided in check- — n. ers. — Check 'mate, -mat, n. The move in che which renders further moving impo ible, and ends the the game; a complete check, depart feat, or overthrow. — v. t. (Che .) the To put (the adversary's king) in- Cheeky, emextricably in check. To arrest completely, terminate.— Check'-roll, n. A list of employees. — string, n. A string by which one in a carriage or railroad car can call the attention of the driver or engineer.— Check'er-ber'ry, n. (Bot.) The partridge - berrv; also, the wintergreen.— -board, n. Board for playing checkers upon. or Cheddar, ched'der, n. A kind of cheese made at Cheddar, in England. light Cheek, chek, n. The side of the face; a urance; impudence. j)l. (Mech.) Pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or are similar and in pairs. bar- Cheer, cher, n. The countenance and its expres- — sion; state of feeling or spirits; state of gayety or mirth; provisions for a feast; entertainment; expre ion of good spirits, by shouting, acclamation, chasetc._; applause; encouragement. — v. t. [cheered n. (cherd), cheering.] To cause to rejoice, render cheerful; to infuse life, courage, hope, etc., into; to urge or salute by cheers. — v. i. To grow cheerful. —n. — Cheerful, -iiil, a. Having good spirits; calmly joyful; promoting happine ; expre ing joy; lively; reanimated; sprightly. — Cheerfully, adv. — Cheer''fulne , n. — Cheer'ily, adv. With cheerfulne . — Cheer'ine , n. — Cheer'ingly, adv. — Cheer'le , a. Without joy, gladne , or comfort; gloomy; dreary. — Cheer'le ne , n.— Cheer'ly, a. Gay; not gloomy. a. — adv. In a cheerful manner; heartily. — Cheer'y, -T, a. In good spirits; lively; promoting, or tending; a to promote, cheerfulne . Cheese, chez, n. Curd of milk, separated from the of whey, and pre ed; a ma of ground apples pre ed together. Chef-d'oeuvre, sha/doovr/', n.; pi. Chefs-d'ceuvre. A master-piece; capital work in art, literature, etc. [F.] Chemise, she-mez', n. A shift, or under-garment, for females; a wall lining an earthwork. Chemistry, ken i'is-tri, n. Science of the composition; of substances and changes which they undergo. — idea. Chem'ist, n. One versed in, etc. — Chem'ic, -ical, a. To Pert, to, or resulting from the operations of the pherenomena of, etc. — Chemically, adv. [These words as were formerlv written with y or;', instead of e, in but the first syllable, chi/mistry or chbnistry, etc.; and ■pronounced accordingly.]; Chenille, she-neK, n. Tufted cord, of silk or worsted. Checque, Checquer. See Check, Checker.; end, eve, term; In, Ice; 3dd, tone, 6r CHERISH 63 Cherish, cher'ish, v. t. [cherished (-isht), -ishing.] To treat with tenderne ; to hold dear, foster, comfort, support^ Cheroot, she-root', n. A kind of cigar. 75