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Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Ciclatoun.

Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..

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

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

Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.

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

Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

Plaid :: Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..

Head :: Head (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship..

Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.

Teaberry :: Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.

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

Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..

Scrim :: Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc..

Snub :: Snub (n.) A check or rebuke; an intended slight.

Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..

Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list..

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..

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