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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stopple \Stop"ple\, noun [Cf. G. st["o]pfel, st["o]psel. See {Stop}, noun & verb (used with an object)] That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stopple \Stop"ple\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stoppled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoppling}.] To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stopple
noun: blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly [syn: {plug}, {stopper}]
verb: close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" [syn: {stopper}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "stopple": bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, bung, caulk, check valve, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, cock, congest, constipate, cork, cover, dam, dam up, faucet, fill, fill up, foul, jam, lid, obstipate, obstruct, pack, peg, pin, plug, plug up, sea cock, spigot, spike, spile, spill, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopgap, stopper, stuff, stuff up, tap, valve
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