Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop..

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Krumhorn :: Krumhorn (a.) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Hoa :: Hoa (interj.) Stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything..
March :: March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
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..
Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Stopping :: Stopping (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
Arrestment :: Arrestment (n.) A stoppage or check.
Check :: Check (n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check..
Stopship :: Stopple (v. t.) To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple..
Suppression :: Suppression (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion..
So :: So (interj.) Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
Registration :: Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient..
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..
Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..
Putty :: Putty (n.) A kind of thick paste or cement compounded of whiting, or soft carbonate of lime, and linseed oil, when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough, -- used in fastening glass in sashes, stopping crevices, and for similar purposes..
Vial :: Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound..
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