stopple
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Perchance Paul could loose the stopple in the cider-barrel.
From Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
God be with you, sir; it's six o'clock: I should have carried two turns by this, what ho! my stopple, come.
From Every Man in His Humour by Jonson, Ben
Cutting off the end of the stopple even with the bark and filling the lower opening nearly full of clay, he declared the work was done.
From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)
The oil will soon insinuate itself downwards, and the stopple may then be loosened by the hand, or by striking it lightly with a piece of soft wood.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
Stopple, stop′l, n. that which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel: a cork or plug.—v.t. to close with a stopple.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Not one company responded, so she stoppled looking.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
I produced from my pocket a little vial, containing matches, stoppled water-tight, and told him, that, though we were upset, we should still have some dry matches; at which he stared without saying a word.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
