Definition of stop

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Stop (v. t.) To make fast; to stopper.

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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..
Obturator :: Obturator (n.) That which closes or stops an opening.
Cork :: Cork (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork..
Surcease :: Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.
Stopper :: Stoppering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoppe.
Timer :: Timer (n.) A timekeeper; especially, a watch by which small intervals of time can be measured; a kind of stop watch. It is used for timing the speed of horses, machinery, etc..
Krumhorn :: Krumhorn (a.) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
Stor :: Stopship (n.) A remora. It was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
Relent :: Relent (n.) Stay; stop; delay.
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole..
Gastrula :: Gastrula (n.) An embryonic form having its origin in the invagination or pushing in of the wall of the planula or blastula (the blastosphere) on one side, thus giving rise to a double-walled sac, with one opening or mouth (the blastopore) which leads into the cavity (the archenteron) lined by the inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastraea..
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..
Estophed :: Estophed (imp. & p. p.) of Esto.
Ventage :: Ventage (n.) A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent..
Strangulated :: Strangulated (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia..
Period :: Period (n.) A complete sentence, from one full stop to another; esp., a well-proportioned, harmonious sentence..
Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon.
Stopple :: Stoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoppl.
Avast :: Avast (a.) Cease; stop; stay.
Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..
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