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Stalemate :: Stalemate (n.) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.

Chequy :: Chequy (n.) Same as Checky.

Check :: Check (n.) A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure..

Control :: Control (v. t.) To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Bridle :: Bridle (v. t.) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse..

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

Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..

Contravallation :: Contravallation (n.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged..

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

Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..

Check :: Check (n.) A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad..

Control :: Control (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint..

Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To be checked, as if by choking; to stick..

Stoppage :: Stop-over (a.) Permitting one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop, v. i..

Mate :: Mate (n.) Same as Checkmate.

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

Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..

Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..

Checkless :: Checkless (a.) That can not be checked or restrained.

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