STOP
STOP, verb transitive [G., to stop to check, to pose, to fill, to cram, to stuff, to quilt, to darn, to mend. See Stifle. Latin, tow; to stuff, to crowd; to be stupefied, whence...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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STOP-COCK
STOP-COCK, noun [stop and cock.] A pipe for letting out a fluid, stopped by a turning cock.
STOP-GAP
STOP-GAP, noun [stop and gap.] A temporary expedient. [Not used.]
STOPLESS
STOPLESS, adjective Not to be stopped. [Not in use.]
STOPPAGE
STOPPAGE, noun The act of stopping or arresting progress or motion; or the state of being stopped; as the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
STOPPED
STOPPED, participle passive Closed; obstructed; hindered from proceeding; impeded; intercepted.
STOPPER
STOPPER, noun1. One who stops, closes, shuts or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.2. In seamens language, a short pie...
STOPPERED
STOPPERED, participle passive Closed with a stopper; as a stoppered retort.
STOPPING
STOPPING, participle present tense Closing; shutting; obstructing; hindering from proceeding; ceasing to go or move; putting an end to; regulating the sounds of.
STOPPLE
STOPPLE, noun That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; as a glass stopple; a cork stopple
STORAGE
STORAGE, noun [from store.]1. The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; or the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.2. The price charge or paid for keeping...
STORAX
STORAX, noun [Latin] A plant or tree; also, a resinous and odoriferous drug brought from Turkey, but generally adulterated. It imparts to water a yellow color, and has been deem...
STORE
STORE, noun1. A large number; as a store of years.2. A large quantity; great plenty; abundance; as a store of wheat or provisions.3. A stock provided; a large quantity for suppl...
STORE-HOUSE
STORE-HOUSE, noun [store and house.]1. A building for keeping grain or goods of any kind; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.Joseph opened all the store-houses and sold to th...
STORE-KEEPER
STORE-KEEPER, noun [store and keeper.] A man who has the care of a store.
STORED
STORED, participle passive1. Furnished; supplied.2. Laid up in store; warehoused.
STORER
STORER, noun One who lays op or forms a store.
STORIAL
STORIAL, adjective [from story.] Historical. [Not in use.]
STORIED
STORIED, adjective [from story.]1. Furnished with stories; adorned with historical paintings.Some greedy minion or imperious wife, the trophied arches, storied halls, invade.2. ...
STORIER
STORIER, noun A relater of stories; a historian. [Not in use.]
STORIFY
STORIFY, verb transitive To form or tell stories. [Not in use.]
STORK
STORK, noun A large fowl of the genus Ardea or Heron kind.
STORKS-BILL
STORKS-BILL, noun A plant of the genus Geranium.
STORM
STORM, noun [G., to disturb. Latin The primary sense of storm is a rushing, raging or violent agitation.[1. A violent wind; a tempest. Thus a storm of wind, is correct language,...
STORM-BEAT
STORM-BEAT, adjective [storm and beat.] Beaten or impaired by storms.
STORMED
STORMED, participle passive Assaulted by violence.
STORMINESS
STORMINESS, noun Tempestuousness; the state of being agitated by violent winds.