check line
1check line — 1. a checkrein. 2. Naut. a line for controlling the progress of a vessel, as along a quay. * * * check line, = checkrein (def. 2). (Cf. ↑checkrein) …
2check line — 1. a checkrein. 2. Naut. a line for controlling the progress of a vessel, as along a quay. * * * …
3check line — Kaula kāohi …
4check|rein — «CHEHK RAYN», noun. 1. a short rein attached to the saddle or to the harness to keep a horse from lowering its head; bearing rein. 2. a short rein connecting the bit of one of a team of horses to the driving rein of the other; check line. 3.… …
5check — v 1. stop, arrest, stay, stall, bring to a standstill; halt, pause, hesitate, balk, brake; put a stop or an end to, terminate, end, quash, quell, squash, Inf. put the kibosh on, nip in the bud; cut, cut back on, decrease, diminish, reduce, lessen …
6Line 8 (Madrid Metro) — Line 8 of the Madrid Metro opened between Mar De Cristal and Campo de las Naciones on 24 June 1998. An extension to Barajas via Madrid Airport was opened in 1999 and in 2002 an extension to Nuevos Ministerios and Colombia opened. Originally this… …
7Check My Ears — EP by Turn Released 2000 …
8check — [chek] n. [ME chek < OFr eschec, eschac, a check at chess, repulse < ML scaccus, scahus < Pers šāh, king, principal piece in a game of chess (see SHAH1); prob. sense development: king in danger hostile action restraining action means of… …
9Line — Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen… …
10Line breeding — Line Line, n. [OE. line, AS. l[=i]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A… …