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

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..

Blink :: Blink (pl.) Boughs cast where deer are to pass, to turn or check them..

Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..

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

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..

Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..

Discountenance :: Discountenance (n.) Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.

Rein :: Rein (v. t.) To restrain; to control; to check.

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..

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

Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

Checkers :: Checkers (v.) A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance..

Reverse :: Reverse (a.) The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse..

Teaberry :: Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.

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

Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

Check :: Check (v. i.) To clash or interfere.

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