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Putty

linseed oil when applied beaten or kneaded to the consistence of dough used in fastening glass in sashes stopping crevices and for similar purposes

Punctuate

To mark with points to separate into sentences clauses etc by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning

Plugging

The act of stopping with a plug

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Obturator

That which closes or stops an opening

Plinth

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

Oppilation

The act of filling or crowding together a stopping by redundant matter obstruction particularly in the lower intestines

Obturation

The act of stopping up or closing an opening

Obstipation

The act of stopping up as a passage

Oakum

obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes used for calking the seams of ships stopping leaks etc

Nonsuit

A neglect or failure by the plaintiff to follow up his suit a stopping of the suit a renunciation or withdrawal of the cause by the plaintiff either because he is satisfied

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