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stopple


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stopple 
  n  :  a  object  designed  to  fill  a  hole  tightly  [syn:  {plug},  {stopper}] 




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