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Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..

Furniture :: Furniture (v. t.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.

Bombardon :: Bombardon (n.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide..

Padlock :: Padlock (v. t.) To fasten with, or as with, a padlock; to stop; to shut; to confine as by a padlock..

Plug :: Plug (n.) Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple..

Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.

Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..

Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..

Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The material of which a plug or stopple is made.

Histophyly :: Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly..

Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.

Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..

Quit :: Quit (v. i.) To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

Choke :: Choke (n.) A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation..

Uncheckable :: Uncheckable (a.) Not capable of being checked or stopped.

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river..

Cork :: Cork (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose..

Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole..

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