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Stoppage   /stˈɑpɪdʒ/   Listen
Stoppage

noun
1.
The state of inactivity following an interruption.  Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop.  "Held them in check" , "During the halt he got some lunch" , "The momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow" , "He spent the entire stop in his seat"
2.
An obstruction in a pipe or tube.  Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop.
3.
The act of stopping something.  Synonym: stop.  "His stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"



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"Stoppage" Quotes from Famous Books



... army, although dragging with them an immense train of carts laden with plunder, marched rapidly. The baggage was guarded by horsemen who kept the train in motion, galloping up and down the line, and freely administering blows among their captives whenever a delay or stoppage occurred. ...
— The Lion of the North • G.A. Henty

... ELEVENTH.—Am entirely restored to normal well being except for a stoppage of the upper nasal region which at times proves annoying—I might even say vexatious. The inflammation of the throat having subsided, I derived much comfort this afternoon from imbibing tea; being the first time, in the scope of half a week, when tea has ...
— Fibble, D. D. • Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

... perfectly tight joint; white or red lead are quite unnecessary, and are liable to make it a troublesome matter to remove the tube on future occasions. Neither should undue force be applied when putting in new tubes; it is liable to wear the thread in the firing block, which results in a partial stoppage of the ignition hole, as indicated in fig. 15. This is especially the case if we happen to get hold of a tube with its screwed part slightly smaller ...
— Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained - An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants • Walter C. Runciman

... alive, the course of nature so disposing that the infant shall be brought to maturity in one day after that night in which it is begotten. Timaeus says, that we count not ten months but nine, by reason that we reckon the first conception from the stoppage of the menstruas; and so it may generally pass for seven months when really there are not seven; for it sometimes occurs that even after conception a woman is purged to some extent. Polybus, Diocles, and the Empirics, ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

... for that!" throbbed Lola. It was not the stoppage of her own course, indeed, although this was a misery, but the loss of trust in all humanity which distrust of Jane seemed to the girl to inflict upon her. If Jane were not true, none could be; and the suspicion and unrest rioted back again to the bosom which belief in ...
— A Prairie Infanta • Eva Wilder Brodhead


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