Syn. -- To obstruct; hinder; impede; repress; suppress; restrain;
discontinue; delay; interrupt.
To stop off (Founding), to fill (a part of a mold) with sand, where a
part of the cavity left by the pattern is not wanted for the casting.
-- To stop the mouth. See under Mouth.
Stop (?), v. i. 1. To cease to go on; to halt, or stand still; to come
to a stop.
He bites his lip, and starts; Stops on a sudden, looks upon the
ground; Then lays his finger on his temple: strait Springs out into
fast gait; then stops again.
Shak.