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Arrest :: Arrest (v. t.) To stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses..

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Whoa :: Whoa (interj.) Stop; stand; hold. See Ho, 2..

Interrupted :: Interrupted (a.) Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

Blastophoral :: Blastophoral (a.) Alt. of Blastophori.

Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..

Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action..

Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

Post :: Post (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station..

Stanchion :: Stancher (n.) One who, or that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood..

Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

Bourdon :: Bourdon (n.) A kind of organ stop.

Staylace :: Stayer (n.) One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race..

Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

Gate :: Gate (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc..

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Short :: Short (adv.) In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short..

Stop :: Stop (n.) In the organ, one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox humana stop..

Deoppilation :: Deoppilation (n.) Removal of whatever stops up the passages.

Claribella :: Claribella (n.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ..

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