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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.

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..

Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Check :: Check (n.) A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below..

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..

Chequer :: Chequer (n. & v.) Same as Checker.

Checker :: Checker (n.) To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors..

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..

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..

Repel :: Repel (v. t.) To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant..

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

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

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

Teaberry :: Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Checkwork :: Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.

Wahabee :: Wahabee (n.) A follower of Abdel Wahab (b. 1691; d. 1787), a reformer of Mohammedanism. His doctrines prevail particularly among the Bedouins, and the sect, though checked in its influence, extends to most parts of Arabia, and also into India..

Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.

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..

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..

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