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

Pointer :: Pointer (n.) One of a breed of dogs trained to stop at scent of game, and with the nose point it out to sportsmen..

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

Stope :: Stope (v. t.) To excavate in the form of stopes.

Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.

Stopcock :: Stopcock (n.) A bib, faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc..

Plugging :: Plugging (n.) The act of stopping with a plug.

Anchor :: Anchor (v. i.) To stop; to fix or rest.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..

Detention :: Detention (n.) The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

Impede :: Impede (v. t.) To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops..

Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris..

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..

Fluework :: Fluework (n.) A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; -- in distinction from reedwork.

Stannary :: Stank (n.) A dam or mound to stop water.

Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks..

Diapason :: Diapason (n.) One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like..

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market..

Unstop :: Unstop (v. t.) To free from any obstruction; to open.

Stanchless :: Stanchless (a.) Incapable of being stanched, or stopped..

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