stopple

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At last, unable to wait longer, just as the apothecary was tottering away in quest of a drinking-glass, the Colonel took out the stopple, and lifted the flask itself to his lips.

From The Dolliver Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Perchance Paul could loose the stopple in the cider-barrel.

From Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

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)

You may at first stop it so, that the strong working may throw out the stopple, and yet keep it close, till it work strongly.

From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne

Then the witch-wife took up the flasket and pulled out the stopple and betook it to Birdalone, and said: Drink of this now, a little sip, no more. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William