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

Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table..

Fritillary :: Fritillary (n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria..

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..

Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house..

Checkmating :: Checkmating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Checkmat.

Bridle :: Bridle (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check.

Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

Antiphlogistic :: Antiphlogistic (n.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation.

Checkage :: Checkage (n.) The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks..

Gravel :: Gravel (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.

Checkered :: Checkered (a.) Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc..

Rebuke :: Rebuke (v. t.) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish..

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

Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.

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..

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..

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

Control :: Control (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control..

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