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Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action..

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment..

Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..

Stopped :: Stoppage (n.) 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; the stoppage of commerce..

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

Stop :: Stop (n.) A point or mark in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..

Stopcock :: Stop (n.) Some part of the articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the consonants so formed..

Stopping :: Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of Sto.

Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Spile :: Spile (n.) A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g..

Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.

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

Bung :: Bung (n.) The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.

Trig :: Trig (v. t.) To stop, as a wheel, by placing something under it; to scotch; to skid..

Gems-horn :: Gems-horn (n.) An organ stop with conical tin pipes.

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