Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far..

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Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence..
Menostasis :: Menostasis (n.) Stoppage of the mences.
Blin :: Blin (v. t. & i.) To stop; to cease; to desist.
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
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..
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..
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Stopping-out :: Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Stope :: Stopcock (n.) The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet..
Foreclose :: Foreclose (v. t.) To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.
Pawl :: Pawl (v. t.) To stop with a pawl; to drop the pawls off.
Plug :: Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
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..
Cystoplast :: Cystoplast (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
Choke :: Choke (v. i.) To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled..
Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
Register :: Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ.
Stint :: Stint (v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.
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