Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought..

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Stopping-out :: Stopping (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Stop :: Stop (n.) The depression in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds..
March :: March (n.) The act of marching; a movement of soldiers from one stopping place to another; military progress; advance of troops.
Blastophore :: Blastophore (n.) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them..
Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (v. t.) To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front.
Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..
Bassoon :: Bassoon (n.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc..
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Field :: Field (v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball..
Registration :: Registration (v.) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
Stane :: Standstill (n.) A standing without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
Oppilation :: Oppilation (n.) The act of filling or crowding together; a stopping by redundant matter; obstruction, particularly in the lower intestines..
Histophyly :: Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly..
Surcease :: Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.
Register :: Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation..
Alight :: Alight (v. i.) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof..
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game..
Stop :: Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sto.
Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.
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