CHECK
ADJECTIVES
1631 — AWE-BOUND held in check or submissiveness by awe or fear mingled with reverence or respect → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1400 — DAUNT a check; a daunting; dispiriting; intimidation; discouragement → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1587 — DAMP a check, discouragement
1613 — HANK a power of check or restraint → Eng. dial.
1628 — BAFFLE check, confusion, discomfiture → obs.
1660 — BALK → BAULK a check, a hindrance, defeat
1721 — BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune
1820 — FACER a sudden check, problem or obstacle → colloq.
1898 — AWE-BAND a check, restraint → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1374 — LET to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain → obs.
1382 — FORFEND to check, to refrain, to withhold → obs.
1384 — ACHECK to check, to bring to a sudden stop → obs.
1544 — COHIBIT to check, to restrain, to hinder; to restrict
1548 — DAMP to check, to discourage; to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject
1570 — OPPONE to set against by way of check, hindrance, or resistance; to place as an obstacle → obs.
1599 — REFRENATE to check, to restrain → obs.
1631 — TAKE UP to check, to stop, to ‘pull up’; to arrest the action or progress of → obs.
1637 — TAKE to check, to ‘pull up’, to interrupt → Eng. dial.
1656 — OBROGATE to check or interrupt one in his tale; to gainsay → obs.
1677 — RAP ONE’S FINGERS to check or punish smartly
1689 — CRUSH IN THE EGG to thoroughly check something; to halt at an early stage; to prevent
1746 — SAY to check, to control, to command; to advise, to direct; to pacify, to silence → Eng. dial.
1777 — HAP to check, to balk; to stop; to keep back → Eng. dial.
1824 — RAP ONE’S KNUCKLES to check or punish smartly
1842 — HOLD ONE’S HORSES to check one’s impulsiveness; to be calm → US sl.
1863 — SALT to check, to snub; to put down; to have revenge upon → Sc.
1865 — SIT UPON to check, to squash, to snub; to overcome or rebuke; to express contempt for a man in a marked manner → sl.
1904 — PUT A SCOTCH ON A PERSON’S WHEEL to check or hinder him → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCALP to check → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1906 — PUT THE CLAMPERS ON to check, to restrain → Amer. dial.
1999 — CLIP THE WINGS OF to put a check on the ambitions of (Bk.)
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