Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stopper"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stopper \Stop"per\, n.
1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops
or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in
a vessel.
2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both
ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure
something. --Totten.
3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found
in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See
{Eugenia}. --C. S. Sargent.
{Ring stopper} (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through
the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead.
{Stopper bolt} (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to
which the deck stoppers are hooked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stoppering}.]
To close or secure with a stopper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stopper
n 1: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole
tightly [syn: {plug}, {stopple}]
2: (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to
insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner
has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
v : close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered
the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies'
mouths with pacifiers" [syn: {stopple}]
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