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

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

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

Convoy :: Convoy (n.) A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill..

Stub :: Stub (n.) A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded..

Nip :: Nip (v. t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy..

Control :: Control (v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute.

Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..

Counter-roll :: Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll.

Check :: Check (v. i.) To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc..

Overslow :: Overslow (v. t.) To render slow; to check; to curb.

Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

Compesce :: Compesce (v. t.) To hold in check; to restrain.

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

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

Bafflement :: Bafflement (n.) The process or act of baffling, or of being baffled; frustration; check..

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

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

Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..

Checkroll :: Checkroll (n.) A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

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