STOPPLED

Verb

stoppled

simple past tense and past participle of stopple

Source: Wiktionary


STOPPLE

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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