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STOPPLE
plug, stopper, stopple
(noun) blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
stopper, stopple
(verb) close or secure with or as if with a stopper; “She stoppered the wine bottle”; “The mothers stoppered their babies’ mouths with pacifiers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stopple (plural stopples)
A plug; a stopper.
Verb
stopple (third-person singular simple present stopples, present participle stoppling, simple past and past participle stoppled)
(transitive) To plug; to stop up.
Anagrams
• loppets, peltops, topples
Source: Wiktionary
Stop"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.]
Definition: That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
Stop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppling.]
Definition: To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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