STOPPAGE
Stop"page, n.
Defn: The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
STOPPED
Stopped, a. (Phonetics)
Defn: Made by complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; — said of certain consonants (p, b, t, d, etc.). H. Sweet.
STOPPER
Stop"per, n.
1. 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. (Naut.)
Defn: A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, — used to secure something. Totten.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. C. S. Sargent. Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. — Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.