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Stopple

//ˈstɒpəl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plug; a stopper.
  2. 2
    blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly wordnet
  3. 3
    A projection or lid in a pollen grain that falls away to allow the passage of the pollen tube.
Verb
  1. 1
    To plug; to stop up. transitive

    "Shut your mouth, dame, / Or with this paper shall I stopple it."

  2. 2
    close or secure with or as if with a stopper wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stopple, stoppel, stoppell, from Old French estopail, estopaille. By surface analysis, stop + -le.

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