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Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

Becalm :: Becalm (v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed..

Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.

Sufflate :: Sufflaminate (v. t.) Hence, to stop; to impede..

Tap :: Tap (n.) A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or the like; a faucet..

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

Obturation :: Obturation (n.) The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..

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..

Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..

Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..

Overslaugh :: Overslaugh (v. t.) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment..

Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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..

Sesquialtera :: Sesquialtera (n.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant..

Estop :: Estop (v. t.) To impede or bar by estoppel.

Stane :: Standstill (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.

Soft :: Soft (interj.) Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

Kent Bugle :: Kent bugle () A curved bugle, having six finger keys or stops, by means of which the performer can play upon every key in the musical scale; -- called also keyed bugle, and key bugle..

Stopping :: Stopper (v. t.) To close or secure with a stopper.

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage..

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