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Teaberry :: Teaberry (n.) The checkerberry.

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..

Ebrillade :: Ebrillade (n.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn..

Checkmated :: Checkmated (imp. & p. p.) of Checkmat.

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

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

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..

Antiperistaltic :: Antiperistaltic (a.) Opposed to, or checking motion; acting upward; -- applied to an inverted action of the intestinal tube..

Stunt :: Stunt (n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing..

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..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds..

Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc..

Checker :: Checker (v. t.) A pattern in checks; a single check.

Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..

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..

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

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

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

Cardioinhibitory :: Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

Shecklaton :: Shecklaton (n.) A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

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