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Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Plaid :: Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin..

Tick :: Tick (n.) Any small mark intended to direct attention to something, or to serve as a check..

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

Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..

Freck :: Freck (v. t.) To checker; to diversify.

Check :: Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds..

Blank :: Blank (a.) Free from writing, printing, or marks; having an empty space to be filled in with some special writing; -- said of checks, official documents, etc.; as, blank paper; a blank check; a blank ballot..

Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..

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

Still :: Still (a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea..

Stunt :: Stunt (n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing..

Mate :: Mate (v. t.) To checkmate.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

Sprag :: Sprag (v. t.) To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel..

Snib :: Snib (v. t.) To check; to sneap; to sneb.

Fibre-faced :: Fibre-faced (a.) Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc..

Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To write one's name, alone or with other words, upon the back of (a paper), for the purpose of transferring it, or to secure the payment of a /ote, draft, or the like; to guarantee the payment, fulfillment, performance, or validity of, or to certify something upon the back of (a check, draft, writ, warrant of arrest, etc.)..

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..

Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game..

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