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Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

Tush :: Tush (interj.) An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it..

Checkered :: Checkered (imp. & p. p.) of Checke.

Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Checky :: Checky (a.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.

Abort :: Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile..

Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..

Chessboard :: Chessboard (n.) The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber..

Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..

Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..

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

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..

Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..

Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.

Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

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