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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..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..

Lute :: Lute (n.) A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or sides, arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed..

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy..

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey..

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..

Plug :: Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..

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

Stoppered :: Stopper (n.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia..

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..

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..

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

Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..

Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..

Cessation :: Cessation (n.) A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war..

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

Obstipation :: Obstipation (n.) The act of stopping up, as a passage..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

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