stop v SED iv, 985 So D for sense 1.
1 1984 POWELL 70 The brown [moss] was what I mostly used [to caulk the seams of the log tilt] as it will stop in the seams for years.
3 Cpd stop-a-while: type of early friction match.
1981 SPARKES 8 [After sulphur matches] came friction matches, called 'stop-a-whiles,' 'eight day matches' and, less politely, 'stinkers.'
