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stopper |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stopper \Stop"per\, n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. 2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something --Totten. 3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as the red stopper. See {Eugenia}. --C. S. Sargent. {Ring stopper} (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. {Stopper bolt} (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppered}; p. pr & vb n. {Stoppering}.] To close or secure with a stopper. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stopper n : a object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: {plug}, {stopple}] v : close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers"
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