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| Stop |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Stopped (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Stopping.] [OE. stoppen, AS. stoppian (in comp.)]
akin to LG. *** D. stoppen, G. stopfen, Icel.
stoppa, Sw. |
To close, as an
aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears;
hence, to stanch, as a wound.
To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to
stop a way, road, or passage.
To arrest the progress of; to hinder; to
impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop the
course of a stream, or a flow of blood.
To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent
the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to
restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop
the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old
age or infirmity.
To regulate the sounds of, as
musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the
finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
To point, as a composition; to
punctuate.
To make fast; to
stopper.
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To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a
stop.
To cease from any motion, or course of
action.
To spend a short time; to reside
temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a
friend.
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The act
of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or
of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check;
obstruction.
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as
obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
A device, or piece, as a
pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for
determining the position to which another part shall be
brought.
The
closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger
upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone;
hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are
regulated.
A member, plain or molded,
formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door
or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a
rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too
far.
A point or mark in writing or printing
intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a sentence, or
clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.
The diaphragm used in optical
instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light
passing through lenses.
The depression in the
face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous
in the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
Some part of the
articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed
(a) so as to cut off the passage of breath or voice
through the mouth and the nose (distinguished as a lip-stop, or
a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.),
or (b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off,
the passage, as in l, n, etc.; also, any of the
consonants so formed.
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