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

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

Check :: Check (v. t.) To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage..

Cow :: Cow (n.) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock..

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

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

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

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

Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..

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

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

Rebuff :: Rebuff (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously..

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

Tessellated :: Tessellated (a.) Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement..

Stanch :: Stanch (v. t.) To stop the flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to stanch a wound..

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..

Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..

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

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