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Webster 1913 Edition


Stopple

Stop′ple

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
stöpfel
,
stöpsel
. See
Stop
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
T.
]
That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper;
as, a glass
stopple
; a cork
stopple
.

Stop′ple

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stopple

STOPPLE

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

Definition 2024


stopple

stopple

English

Noun

stopple (plural stopples)

  1. a plug, a stopper

Verb

stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)

  1. to plug, to stop up
    • 1605: Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it. — William Shakespeare, King Lear V.iii

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