noun. Lines engraved on certain portions of a gun-stock, enabling one to grasp it more surely.

noun. The assembling of the parts of a checked joint.

noun. In agriculture, the planting of seeds or plants at regular distances apart in the row or line, to allow of cultivation both ways, instead of drilling in a continuous or ‘solid’ row.

verb. Present participle of check.

noun. The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.

noun. A checking account.

"You've got everybody on the board locked, and he had the winning hand, and that's what you call checking a lock."

decking  pecking  trekking  wrecking  

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