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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.

The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.

One who checks.

A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.

Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton.

A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

Ciclatoun. [Obs.]

That can not be checked or restrained.

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.

Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.

Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy, cheguy.]

A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.

To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Not capable of being checked or stopped. [R.]

-- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.