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

Instop :: Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams..

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

Estophed :: Estophed (imp. & p. p.) of Esto.

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..

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

Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

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

Strangle :: Strangle (v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope..

Stopen :: Stope (p. p.) Alt. of Stope.

Open :: Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length..

Stint :: Stint (v. i.) To stop; to cease.

Long-stop :: Long-stop (n.) One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

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..

Nonsuit :: Nonsuit (n.) A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit; a stopping of the suit; a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff, either because he is satisfied that he can not support it, or upon the judge's expressing his opinion. A compulsory nonsuit is a nonsuit ordered by the court on the ground that the plaintiff on his own showing has not made out his case..

Fother :: Fother (v. t.) To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack..

Stope :: Stopcock (n.) The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet..

Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

Solstice :: Solstice (v. i.) A stopping or standing still of the sun.

Wait :: Wait (v. i.) To stay or rest in expectation; to stop or remain stationary till the arrival of some person or event; to rest in patience; to stay; not to depart.

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