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

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

Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..

Pullicate :: Pullicate (n.) A kind of checked cotton or silk handkerchief.

Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..

Scrim :: Scrim (n.) Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc..

Saccade :: Saccade (n.) A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull..

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

Draught :: Draught (n.) A move, as at chess or checkers..

Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.

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

Checky :: Checky (a.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing.

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart..

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..

Baffle :: Baffle (v. t.) To check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.

Counterchecking :: Counterchecking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Counterchec.

Checkerberry :: Checkerberry (n.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Head :: Head (v. t.) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a person; the wind heads a ship..

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..

Catastaltic :: Catastaltic (a.) Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.

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