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A reed stop in an organ.

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed.

The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it "San Salvador"; -- called also Discovery Day. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States.…

To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. Sir M. Hale.…

An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton. Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country," i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. -- In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. -- To try conclusions, to mak…

To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.

The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

ds, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.

use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. Locke.

To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front. Dryden.

A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.

To bend; to stop; to bow. [Obs.] Then I courbed on my knees. Piers Plowman.

A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]

Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.

To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. Shak. To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.

A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.…

other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation. Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.

A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action. Things are at a deadlock. London Times. The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two. The Century.