n. One who or that which stops or plugs.n. That which closes or fills up (an opening, etc.), as a plug, a bung, or a cork; especially, such an article for the mouth of a fruit-jar, decanter, or vial, when made of the same material as the vessel itself, and having no special name, as cork, bung, etc.; a stopple; specifically, a device for closing bottles for aërated water. See cut under siphon-bottle.n. A convenient utensil made of wood, bone, ivory, or the like, formerly used to compress or pack some loose or fiocculent substance into small compass.n. One who or that which brings to a stop or stand; specifically, one of the players in tennis, foot-ball, and other games, who stops the balls.n. Nautical, a piece of rope secured at one end to a bolt or the like, used to check the motion of another rope or of a cable. Stoppers for cables are of various construction, such as an iron clamp with a lever or screw, a claw of iron with a rope attached, etc.n. In an organ, a wooden plug inserted in the tops of certain kinds of pipes, as in those of the stopped diapason, flute, bourdon, etc., whence they are called stopped pipes. Such pipes are tuned by means of the stopper.n. In a vehicle, a bar of wood with iron points pivoted to the body, and allowed to trail on the ground behind to serve as a stop or brake in ascending steep grades. Such a device is used, for instance, on icecarts plying on hilly streets, where stoppages are frequent.n. The upper pad or principal callosity of the sole of a dog's foot.n. A small tree of one of four species of the genus Eugenia occurring in Florida.To close or secure with a stopple: as, stoppered bottles.To fit with a stopple or stopples.Nautical, to secure with a stopper or stoppers.n. In the Bahamas, either of two trees, the red rodwood, Eugenia axillarisn. and the marlberry, Icacorea paniculata. See marlberry.
