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Antipyic :: Antipyic (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.

Tessellate :: Tessellate (v. t.) To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.

Antemetic :: Antemetic (a.) Tending to check vomiting.

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..

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

Tally :: Tally (n.) To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard..

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

Counterchecking :: Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchec.

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

Checkering :: Checkering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checke.

Draughts :: Draughts (n. pl.) A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers..

Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..

Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check..

Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..

Teaberry :: Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.

Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..

Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A pattern in checks; a single check.

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