stopple
Example Sentences
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He pounces upon the decanter, pulls out the stopple, and applies his nose to the mouth.
From Evening Dress Farce by Howells, William Dean
Stopper -- N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer†; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil†, pledget†, tompion†, tourniquet. cover &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Unstopple, un-stop′l, v.t. to remove a stopple from.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Then charge the jar, as highly as it may be, by throwing into it vitreous electric ether; and in this state hermetically seal it, if practicable, otherwise close it with a glass stopple and wax.
From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Darwin, Erasmus
The heat will cause the oil to run down between the stopple and mouth.
