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

Draughtboard :: Draughtboard (n.) A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..

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

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

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..

Checking :: Checking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chec.

Tessellated :: Tessellated (a.) Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement..

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..

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

Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

Counterchange :: Counterchange (v. t.) To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2..

Clearing :: Clearing (n.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts..

Checkmate :: Checkmate (n.) A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

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..

Telltale :: Telltale (n.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted..

Inhibit :: Inhibit (v. t.) To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

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..

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