Definition of stop

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Stop (n.) The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.

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Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it..
Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..
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..
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
Obturation :: Obturation (n.) The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening..
Bung :: Bung (v. t.) To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up..
Stoping :: Stop-gap (n.) That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient..
Antihemorrhagic :: Antihemorrhagic (a.) Tending to stop hemorrhage.
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To point, as a composition; to punctuate..
Suppressible :: Suppress (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
Stay :: Stay (n.) Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
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..
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..
Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..
Doorstop :: Doorstop (n.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door..
Cromorna :: Cromorna (n.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Desist :: Desist (v. i.) To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
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