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Stopple definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STOPPLE, n. That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; as a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: plug, stopper, stopple] v
1: close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: stopper, stopple]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English stoppell, from stoppen to stop Date: 14th century something that closes an aperture ; stopper, plug II. transitive verb (stoppled; stoppling) Date: circa 1795 stopper

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a stopper or plug. --v.tr. close with a stopple. Etymology: ME: partly f. STOP + -LE(1), partly f. ESTOPPEL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stopple Stop"ple, n. [Cf. G. st["o]pfel, st["o]psel. See Stop, n. & v. t.] That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stopple Stop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppling.] To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. --Cowper.

Moby Thesaurus

bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, bung, caulk, check valve, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, cock, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, faucet, fill, fill up, foul, jam, lid, obstipate, obstruct, pack, peg, pin, plug, plug up, sea cock, spigot, spike, spile, spill, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stuff, stuff up, tap, valve