stopple
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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
I would I could stir the stopple in the cider-barrel.
From Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
There is not a crumb of sweet-cake in the house, and the stopple is so tight in the cider-barrel that I cannot stir it a peg.
From Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
The heat will cause the oil to run down between the stopple and mouth.
He pounces upon the decanter, pulls out the stopple, and applies his nose to the mouth.
From Evening Dress Farce by William Dean Howells
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
