stopple : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stopple	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stopple
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stopple n blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly Synonym(s): plug, stopper, stopple v close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" Synonym(s): stopper, stopple
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stopple \Stop"ple\, n. [Cf. G. st[94]pfel, st[94]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.