Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stopple"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stopple \Stop"ple\, n. [Cf. G. st["o]pfel, st["o]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stopple
n : blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole
tightly [syn: {plug}, {stopper}]
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: {stopper}]
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