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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Aristophanic :: Aristophanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet..
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Reedwork :: Reedwork (n.) A collective name for the reed stops of an organ.
Plug :: Plug (v. t.) To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.
Lin :: Lin (v. i.) To yield; to stop; to cease.
Waft :: Waft (n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag..
Histophyly :: Histophyly (n.) The tribal history of cells, a division of morphophyly..
Jog :: "Jog (n.) A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (n.) A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover..
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..
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..
Krumhorn :: Krumhorn (a.) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called cremona.
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To stop the mouth of, by thrusting sometimes in, so as to hinder speaking; hence, to silence by authority or by violence; not to allow freedom of speech to..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To make fast; to stopper.
Full :: Full (Compar.) Not wanting in any essential quality; complete, entire; perfect; adequate; as, a full narrative; a person of full age; a full stop; a full face; the full moon..
Interference :: Interference (n.) The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others..
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..
Close :: Close (n.) To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door..
Barricade :: Barricade (n.) To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris..
Kitcat :: Kitcat (a.) Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies..
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