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Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.

Checklaton :: Checklaton (n.) Ciclatoun.

Checkrein :: Checkrein (n.) A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

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

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..

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

Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

Cashier :: Cashier (n.) One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company..

Checker :: Checker (v. t.) Checkerwork.

Stem :: Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..

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

Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

Stalemate :: Stalemate (n.) The position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.

Antipyic :: Antipyic (a.) Checking or preventing suppuration.

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..

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

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

Wheatear :: Wheatear (n.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail..

Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..

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