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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Stop·per n.
 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
 2. Naut. A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something.
 3. Bot. A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia.
 Ring stopper Naut., a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead.
 Stopper bolt Naut., a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.