To checkmate and control my just demands.
Ford.
Check"rein` (?), n. 1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.
2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.
Check"roll` (?), n. A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.
Check"string` (?), n. A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Check"work (?), n. Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Check"y (ch&ebreve;k"&ybreve;), a. (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy, chequy.]
Ched"dar (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese.
Cheek (chēk), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ceÓce, ce˛ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye.