Countercheck: alternatives and connections

To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.

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Trial; attempt; essay.

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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,…

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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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To bend or curve

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Thos…

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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; th…

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To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract g…

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