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

Shaken :: Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2..

Check :: Check (n.) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

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

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Check :: Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..

Pane :: Pane (n.) A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern..

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

Counterfoil :: Counterfoil (n.) The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued..

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..

Cheque :: Cheque (n.) See Check.

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..

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..

Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..

Sneap :: Sneap (v. t.) To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.

Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..

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

Check :: Check (v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..

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