| 单词 | stopped up |
| 例句 | After that, the man stopped up the hole that Scabious had come out of. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Jacob’s feelings raged so hot and confusing that they stopped up his throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z With the closure of the port, most of the College’s income was stopped up and its investments nullified; and so to anxiety was added penury. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Thank you—” My nose is so stopped up, I sound funny. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The dam stopped up Haiti’s largest river, the Artibonite, and flooded some of the most fertile farmland in the central plateau. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Mothers stopped up their babies’ mouths so their crying would not attract the planes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Bono came to our fly, bursting full of news; but seeing this tableau, he stopped up his tongue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Some of them had been stopped up for years, but I soon had them draining merrily away.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The joy it gave me just wouldn’t be stopped up. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps I could supervise your camp followers. We can’t have the men stopped up, now can we?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A customer came in with him and they stopped up front. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The Berg stopped up ahead, its blue thrusters pointing downward now as it hovered fifty feet or so above the Town Square, a roughly square-shaped area they’d left bare when building the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It came inside our house, where our mother stopped up her ears and her mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When my eyes were all swollen and my nose was completely stopped up, I heard my door open. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Most of the time whenever a toilet is stopped up, it’s within four or five feet of the toilet.” The tools to make your home work — and look — just right 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The kitchen sink is stopped up, as is the bathtub and toilet. Review: In ‘Evicted,’ Home Is an Elusive Goal for America’s Poor 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z He’s not stopped up with poison that can be drained. Game of Thrones Watch: Smoke Monster 2012-04-23T10:07:39Z In one of the exhibition’s strongest galleries, we see the bottom half of a woman’s form made out of concrete, and her holes—do they scream for daddio?—are stopped up with cigarettes. Summer Encounters 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Others have been stopped up on purpose with cotton balls or whatever else came to hand in an emergency after air valves stuck open. National Cathedral raises $115 million for earthquake repairs, future 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z “I guess one of the girls put too much toilet tissue in the potty and it got stopped up,” Edwards-Barris said. Pearls of parenting wisdom from the real Bow Johnson 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Boeser went the other way again and ripped another shot off the wing that Allen stopped up high. Brodziak lifts Blues over Canucks 3-1 to end skid 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z It was crudely composed of a length of pipe stuffed with match heads, its ends stopped up. Bomber Strikes Near Times Square, Disrupting City but Killing None 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Unlike Mr. Trump, he was not competing against 16 GOP rivals who stopped up a number of national security advisers. Trump campaign supporters during election snubbed for Pentagon, State Department, national security 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Some visitors say it feels like their ears are stopped up, because they hear so much less noise than usual. A room where sound goes to die — and scientists go to study 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z “We don’t see as much of the drains getting stopped up because people pour it down the sink,” Carroll said. Grease collected at Birmingham public housing being recycled 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z On the way out, against orders, he stopped up the whole procession to actually talk to the contestants. ‘Stone-cold killers’: What it’s really like to be a guest food critic on MasterChef 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Many of the jars held numerous test tubes stopped up with cotton. Yes, there’s really a National Parasite Collection, and it’s getting a new life at the Smithsonian 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z But if you look up in New Hampshire, the only way Trump might be stopped up there is by independent voters who are no longer Republican. “It’s going to be hard to change the Republican party”: E.J. Dionne explains how the right went wrong — and helped create Donald Trump and Ted Cruz 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Indeed, about 42 million Americans are persistently stopped up, making constipation one of the most common gastrointestinal problems in the United States, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 8 Myths About Constipation 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z “There’s no tomatoes, no berries. Everything is stopped up.” Baja farmworkers' strike crimping some produce supplies in U.S. 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Police stopped up to 100 people trying to leave Jindo island intending to march to the country's capital, Seoul. Anger erupts over Korea ferry rescue 2014-04-20T03:49:43Z Then, with torn fragments of his apparel, he stopped up any holes which might have been places of concealment for scorpions or other venomous insects. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Similarly the efficiency of a boiler is but slightly reduced if half the tubes are stopped up, because the increase of draught through the remainder compensates partly for the diminished heating surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The sash of this was gone, and the space stopped up with a loose sheet of manilla paper. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z “In the mouth,” we are told, “was a little hole just large enough to admit the head of a pin; water was poured in by a hole in the back, which was afterwards stopped up.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z Fissures were opened in the streets from which poured forth bituminous gases; springs were stopped up, and new ones opened. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Stinging and twisting in the left ear, with a feeling as if it was stopped up. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z The worst job was to get the boat into the river, the mouth of it being stopped up with a raft, or "drift" about eighteen miles long. A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life 2011-12-17T03:00:14.127Z There is a possibility that the jets in the carburetor are stopped up. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z This is the well which was re-opened by Wycliffe and Luther, after it had been long stopped up. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z If much mud gradually settles in them the planks are raised and the drains are cleaned out, for they would otherwise become stopped up and obstructed by this accident. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Then the old woman shut her up in the house, so that she might not hear another word about Gramigna, and she stopped up all the cracks of the door with images of the saints. Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z On one occasion, the carcases of three horses were placed in a high walled enclosure, small holes having been made in the walls for the admission of the rats, and subsequently stopped up. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z If the Cherubim and flaming sword stopped up the way to Paradise, the Lord Jesus Christ has opened "a new and living way" into the holiest of all. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z I thought I had seen to everything," she said presently, her voice shaking with anger, "taken every precaution, stopped up every hole where discovery could leak out, and fortune favoured you. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z The joints are stopped up all round with moss or cloth rags. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The King listened but grew more and more frightened; he stopped up both his ears and instead of answering retreated further and further towards the window. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Inside the fireplace, now stopped up, a few planks served as cupboard shelves, and the end of the mantel-piece as table and sideboard. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z Finding knocks and thumps on the door as useless as their entreaties, and that the keyhole had been carefully stopped up with a piece of soft paper, the four beat a retreat. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z It's the old martin-house; but I've stopped up the door, and made the roof open, so it will hold all sorts of things, and save our valuable time. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z The gasoline man went in search of some and when he returned the holes were temporarily stopped up and the carpenter ambled off for his dory. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Call the sexton, and have that stopped up quickly, or those sitting near there will soon catch their death of cold, and will never come here again. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z One end of the wand has an opening which is stopped up with a piece of butter. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z They stopped up the entrance of the tunnel from within with branches and leaves, so that no one could guess that the bush was hollow. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z "I stopped up here on account of the horse," Ann explained. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z Where this is not the case they are stopped up, in winter only, with moss and rags. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z He had fallen asleep after dinner in his chair and, having a cold that stopped up his nose and his mouth being shut, he had the usual dream of being out of breath from running. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z "Wouldn't you women rather I stopped up with you?" The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z They flew away, stopped up on a hill encircled by the whole blooming landscape, near a little flower-garden, and then rolled along down. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z It has not interfered with my picture, but has stopped up unavoidable gaps. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z All the woodwork was of this wood, including the ceiling and all panelling; and the pores of the fragrant timber were not stopped up with varnish. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z There was a short, dry, hacking cough relieved by sneezing, an intense tickling sensation in the throat, the voice became husky, the pharynx dry, the ears stopped up and tinnitus occurred. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z This said, he got up again, and approaching the entrance of the cave, he found it stopped up with brakes and bushes, so that he would be obliged to make his way by force. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z It was a muzzle-loader and after wiping it out carefully at the doctor's quarters I found one of the tubes were stopped up. Little Pills, An Army Story Being Some Experiences of a United States Army Medical Officer on the Frontier Nearly a Half Century Ago 2011-04-28T02:00:13.453Z Has the snow stopped up the keyhole, or is there no such thing? The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The first and fourth of the six lateral holes are double in order to accommodate both right- and left-handed players, the holes not in use being stopped up with wax. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z The lights might all go off again, or the plumbing might get stopped up. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z It was a party about to turn back, and the sledges stopped up the road. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Dere schooling makes me wish I could walk de streets wid my ears stopped up and eyes blindfolded so I couldn't even hear nor see dis educated generation. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z If by any means the air-tube should be cut or stopped up, the diver must immediately come to the surface, or perish. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z "It's as if they were stopped up," she said. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z Still lying in the ditch, I noticed close to me the opening of a gutter-stone stopped up with mud and grass. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z When these had done their business, they were removed and the holes stopped up. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z On the floor above, they removed the seams, and stopped up with plaster the little holes that had been left by the preceding operations. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z I stopped up my ears to shut out his voice.... My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z However, I ducked down in a corner, whilst De Chevron stopped up the missing pane with a filthy rag without even catching a sight of me. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z It was a clumsy stone structure with remnants of Gothic built over and stopped up with bricks. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z And yet, somehow, even with his ears stopped up, sounds seemed to penetrate to him and to carry their own tale. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Besides, the chinks were forthwith stopped up; and they became aware that the enemy was engaged in the same work that he had performed around the doors and windows. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The pores in his skin had been all stopped up with the gilding, so that the damp, warm air could not get out, and that caused his death. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners Mr Moore was once sent with commission into Kent to try out, if it might be, what was the cause of Goodwin's Sands which had stopped up Sandwich Haven. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources I am turning on the taps, here, Dasso, and all the crevices in the room are stopped up. The Princess Galva A Romance This passage must form a snug porch in the winter when it is covered with slabs of frozen snow, and one end stopped up. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea All the other openings, doors and windows alike, are stopped up with blocks of stone laid and cemented since our last meeting. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z It was the chief art’ficer engineer that took on that job, an’ it was him, too, that stopped up the gaps left by the knocking down o’ the first and second funnels. Sea-Hounds In sleep the passages of the senses are stopped up, and the outer fire reaches us only through breath. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy It was a close little room, with a mouldy smell as if the chimney were stopped up and the window never opened. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story The neighboring town of Winchelsea was destroyed in the reign of Edward I., the mouth of the Rother stopped up, and the river diverted into another channel. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology "Him and t'others stopped up here at the sheriff's, but I come ahead to fetch the news to the little Marrs chap." Mothering on Perilous The jovial pair Remained where they were; Gog and Magog stopped up all night! Maui remained awake one night, and when all were asleep, arose quietly and stopped up every crevice by which a ray of light could enter. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina The mole now stopped up the hole through which the daylight shone, and then accompanied the ladies home. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The channel of the river being stopped up, the water overflowed the country round the gardens about the town, and some of the streets, so that fishes lay dead in them. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology But I don't, because it was my rotten cricket-ball that stopped up the pipe and caused the midnight flood in our bedroom. The Wouldbegoods “The olives are all spoiled, and I have stopped up the jar again, so that if Ali Cogia ever comes back he will not discover that I have touched it.” Favorite Fairy Tales The Childhood Choice of Representative Men and Women Ears and feet cold; body and head very hot; body hard and distended; nose hard, dry, and almost stopped up with thick matter; dry, husky cough; fæces, hard; pulse rapid, evidencing much fever. The Dog The walls, naturally, are rough in texture and the joints are generally stopped up and besmeared with a thin coating or almost a wash of clay. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) Others imagined the same event to have been due to an earthquake, which drew down masses of rock, and stopped up the course of the Peneus in the narrow defile between mounts Ossa and Olympus. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology He now set about his task, stopped up with moss and herbage every chink through which a glimmer of daylight passed, but this was a difficult, and—as it seemed to him—an endless task. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors But in a few minutes he stopped up short; for he bethought him of the Mass, and he knew there was little time for delay. Irish Fairy Tales I grabbed blindly, feeling sure I should miss,—for it was a thousand chances to one,—but I was stopped up violently. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia He tried one after another, but every one of them was stopped up. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Here and there broken windows were stopped up with rags and papers and through the insecure crevices the wind found its way with a rasping, tiresome groan. The Daughter of a Republican "I can't talk with my mouth and nose all stopped up!" returned the boy. Boy Scouts on the Great Divide or, The Ending of the Trail Begirt with bandits who stopped up every outlet, Toulon quaked for fear. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages You may know it by its being always stopped up with donkey chaises. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land They had taken advantage of the heavy sleep induced by fatigue, to strangle him; his body had been put into the chest, the chest thrown into the well, and the well stopped up. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Then we mixed mud and stopped up the cracks in the log walls. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw He could not curse and swear as his mouth was stopped up; but he rolled his eyes and squinted so violently that he was horrible to look at. Fairy Tales from the German Forests I represented that the worm-holes could be stopped up and varnished over, that the missing bits of inlay, precious crumbs of pearl and ivory, could be replaced, the tapestries renovated. Aurora the Magnificent The part that we were in was stopped up by enormous blocks of rocks, lying one on the top of the other. Adventures in the Philippine Islands A groan, suppressed and prolonged, could be heard in spite of the rag which stopped up his mouth. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.' Public opinion demanded that these holes be stopped up as soon as possible. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw And on the way a little old man met him and stopped up the road; but he asked him: “Old man, why dost thou place thyself in my way, and wilt not let me pass?” The Russian Garland being Russian Folk Tales When the drainpipe of a kitchen sink is stopped up, you can often clear it by sprinkling lye down it, and then adding boiling water. Common Science If one of them happened to be late it had to perforate the partition, and the hole was then stopped up again. The Industries of Animals Otherwise, the drain pipe may become stopped up with sediment washed out of the jars. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair He stopped up in front of them, giving Phil a careless nod. The Spoilers of the Valley If near enough for leaves to drop on the roof, rain troughs and leaders become stopped up and cause trouble. Rural Hygiene They had all the openings and cracks which they found in the chamber stopped up, and then went to bed again; but hardly had the valets de chambre retired than it appeared again. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. In the domain of these birds trees may be found which are riddled like a sieve with holes stopped up by an acorn as by a plug. The Industries of Animals Whenever you find the pores of the separators stopped up from any cause whatsoever, put in new separators before charging. The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair Smiler stopped up in front of the dirty, dingy entrance of a little hall occasionally used for Chinese theatricals. The Spoilers of the Valley Presently the Fisherman returned with his net, and stopped up the channel leading to the river. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales When he got to the house he closed the door and the window, and stopped up even the smallest chinks. Aino Folk-Tales Bruise the spices; tie them up in a cloth, and hang it in the vessel, which must be stopped up close for use.—Another way. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families And as he was rowing on, he heard the bone of a seal calling to him: “Take away the moss which has stopped up the hole that goes through me.” Eskimo Folk-Tales Jim, Phil and McLean had only got along about half a mile, when they stopped up at the sound of the fast beating of horse hoofs on the highway behind them. The Spoilers of the Valley There is an archway in that ruin, and a flight of steps goes down—only five steps—and then it is all stopped up with fallen stones and earth. Oswald Bastable and Others They could not get out, because Penaumbe had closed the window and the door, and had stopped up even the smallest chinks. Aino Folk-Tales In this situation it should not be closely stopped up, but a tile or something similar should be laid on the bunghole, to keep out the dust and insects. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families "I thought that tunnel had been stopped up for good and all." Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland Jim stopped up in front of a stable, pushed his way inside––for the door was ajar––tumbled down in a corner among some hay and, apparently, was soon fast asleep. The Spoilers of the Valley Square, thick, and of no extraordinary height, it resembles in appearance most other towers in Cornwall—except in one particular, all the belfry windows are completely stopped up. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot Her old room was cleared of furniture, the mouse-holes stopped up, a cat put in at night, and a bull-terrier by day, and traps of all kinds. Harper's Young People, November 25, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Put them all into a wine flask in a sand-heat for ten days, shaking it occasionally till the last day or two: then pour it off clear, and keep it stopped up close for use. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families This mass he then puts into a tube stopped up by leaves which lets pass a liquid but not a substance. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Eileen Pederstone stopped up with a start and looked at him with half frightened eyes, as if endeavouring to recall a bad dream yet half afraid lest it should return to her. The Spoilers of the Valley Sometimes they had glass in them, but were oftener stopped up with rags. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius We soon had the floor stopped up with clay. Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Stopped up," he remarked, withdrawing it, and peeping into the barrel; "not dirt, either—stopped up with paper! The Red Triangle Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator On the other its wooded declivities sloped down to an idle brook now stopped up by water-lilies and white crowfoot. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls She smiled, and was about to address him when she stopped up. The Spoilers of the Valley The tears that had been stopped up all evening could be held no longer. David and the Phoenix “That’s what the first luff said, sir, and we’ve been doing nothing else; but as fast as we stopped up the beggars kep’ on shoving the stuff out again with bamboos.” Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop Later the water got stopped up, and for love or money no plumber—” The speaker paused, his shoulders lifted eloquently. The Dominant Dollar The mouth is then stopped up with leaves, and the bamboo is placed over the fire, resting on a stone at an angle of forty-five degrees or more. Children of Borneo They were deceitful walls, for they were extensively loop-holed, the apertures being cunningly stopped up with mortar. From Jungle to Java The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India Because that's one of the reasons I stopped up to talk to you. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles The nose and mouth of the body were stopped up with clay and lime, probably to keep the soul from getting out, and the body was surrounded by a little hut. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific Attached to the house there was a small garden shut in by a grating which was stopped up with iron plates. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The cottages let by the week look shabby, slovenly, dingy; the hedges of the gardens are neglected, broken down, stopped up with anything that comes to hand. Change in the Village The mole now stopped up the hole through which the daylight shone, and then accompanied the lady home. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Often the external parts of the nose are swollen as a result of the catarrh and the nostrils are stopped up with thick yellowish-green rinds. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated I looked at the chimney, but it's stopped up, and the man says there's no other door. Jonah and Co. He tied the animal's legs together, and having stopped up its nostrils with mud, he held the poor beast's mouth tightly with one hand until it died by suffocation. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet He had noticed the hedge before; the keeper had stopped up a gap in it the day before, at the place where it came down to the water, with some old hurdles and dry thorns. Tom Brown at Oxford And this latter could have been stopped up with rocks in half an hour, so that nobody could get through it. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Well stopped up and wrapped up it was, and it could see neither a lantern nor a candle, not to mention the sun or the moon. The Sand-Hills of Jutland Mr. Darrin stopped up in the village for supper and to send a telegram or two. Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers Obstipation implies that the canal of the intestine is stopped up or closed. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis She dropped into her chair, stopped up her ears; but the cheers never ceased, kept on increasing, filled the theater with a roar as of thunder! The Bill-Toppers After a while I got up and put them back up the chimney, and stopped up the throat of the flue with newspapers. Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs The shiftless one only nodded in reply, but both as they ran tied their ammunition again around their necks, seeing at the same time that their powder horns were stopped up tightly. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" They were like a trio of hungry cats watching the twistings and turnings of a poor mouse that had its safety-hole stopped up, and could find no means of escape left open. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Is it a small matter to have the main sewer of a city partly or entirely closed, or the main sewer pipe of a dwelling stopped up? Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis The man whose vista is always stopped up by the image of Himself. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete I also stopped up every aperture and crevice as before, leaving only one large one—that which I knew the rats were accustomed to use as their principal entrance. The Boy Tar By William’s advice we made three plugs, by which we stopped up the holes when we thought we’d had air enough for the present. A Chosen Few Short Stories All openings in the hedge were thereafter stopped up, and no one was allowed outside before réveille. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan Bevis kicked and struggled, but it was no use; the bailiff carried him home, and then went back with a bill-hook, and cutting a thorn bush, stopped up the gap in the hedge. Wood Magic A Fable When steel pipe and steel boilers are used for storage tanks and connections, the pipe and tank will shortly start to rust and parts of the piping are stopped up with rust scales. Elements of Plumbing We have stopped up all the places, where it could get out. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] They must have been stopped up of late, but now they are as clear and good as ever.” A Chosen Few Short Stories That must have been due to the way they had stopped up the vessels. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Without opening one new avenue to the understanding, they have stopped up those that lead to the heart. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics When the roots get inside of the pipe they grow until the pipe is stopped up. Elements of Plumbing Suppose the key-hole had been stopped up; where would the air have been forced in? Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] There’s no flint to your lock, and if there had been, the touch-hole is well stopped up with rust, so you had two very secure preventives against its going off. The Three Midshipmen However, the hunchback did not get straight; the collector gave up his cigarette; it stopped up his chest twice as much. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life He knew that it was caked upon his face by perspiration, until it had become a mask, and now his whole body tingled like fire with the tiny particles that had stopped up the pores. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness If the pipe is run into the box on the side a little up from the bottom, the possibility of becoming stopped up or filled up is not great. Elements of Plumbing "You see," said Jonas, "that the fire already in the stump consumes all the goodness of the air; and I stopped up the hole, so that no fresh air can come in." Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] So he stopped up the opening, and thus always retained her. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology "Choose a hard one," said Eunice, when Will had duly stopped up his ears. Cricket at the Seashore It would have to-night if we hadn't stopped up the hole. The Five Jars When the pipes are stopped up, steam is formed and a snapping and cracking sound is heard. Elements of Plumbing She decided she had too many chickens, so half a dozen of us were stopped up ready to be sold in the morning. The Chickens of Fowl Farm "Yes, missus was in but she had an awful cold, and been all stopped up so that she could hardly get the breath of life." A Little Girl in Old Boston There are none so deaf as those whose ears are stopped up with the cotton-wool of their own bigotry. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 I could not get near the cart, for the road down to Halloway's, on which it moved steadily without ever approaching, was stopped up. The Spectre In The Cart 1908 The pump was stopped up, and we had to help him clear it out, which was accomplished after much trouble and bungling. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Then Uncle Wiggily showed Mother Goose the rat hole, and it was stopped up with stones so the rats could not come in the coop again. Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters I just stopped up there in my pantry all night, locking the door, so as to prevent no one from getting in. The Island Treasure "It acts as if the rock we threw in has stopped up the old outlet and it was running back of the heap we pulled down instead." The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow The floods have stopped up all communication with London. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents You're a siren out of the olden days of mystic legend, and I have kept my ears stopped up against your witching song, which I was afraid to hear. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands The night before the battle he stopped up all night talking with Sidi, relating all that had happened since he had left him, and hearing from him what had taken place on land. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt They cut and carried off the green crops, stopped up their wells or spoilt their water, and sent off their families and flocks to places of safety. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity I don't think anything could get out through that prickly pear hedge but, anyhow, any gaps there are can be stopped up with stakes. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) If a shell falls ahead of you, you will find your path stopped up. Shelled by an Unseen Foe Crusty fired till both barrels of his gun were stopped up; the skipper fired till his powder and shot were done; and I fired till—I skinned my tongue! Hudson Bay Of course they had a wooden plug ready and stopped up the hole. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories You see that we have already done the work in part, so that it only requires to be completed, and to have the centre gap stopped up. The Norsemen in the West It is packed, for exportation and to bring as tribute, in large round tin boxes, stopped up round the edges with mud. Southern Arabia “Then you stopped up in that shelter for long enough?” Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris If she has only a leak, that may be stopped up; a vessel from three to four hundred tons, why she is a regular ship compared to our Bonadventure! The Secret of the Island Having bored a hole, we scraped out the kernel, and then stopped up the orifice again with some resinous substance which Uncle Paul had brought for the purpose. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Still Larry and I, having climbed to the top of the heap, began pulling away the beams and planks and rubbish which stopped up the entrance. Paddy Finn As I was feeling about I discovered a huge case of some sort which had been thrown down from above, and stopped up the way. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Occasionally the earth trembled and shook, but no more jets of vapour or gas burst forth, and the orifices of those which had first appeared were stopped up. The Three Admirals Stow speaks positively as to the existence of this stream, which, he says, had in his time long been stopped up. Holborn and Bloomsbury The Fascination of London The Zulu gaoler no longer stopped up the doorway by his black body. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand “Yes, sir there’s a hole yonder,” said one of the men, “and it isn’t stopped up.” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig She is shown that her nose is stopped up by a spongy substance, as big as the end of her little finger, which obstruction can be easily removed. Civics and Health Then piling up all the rest of the furniture, the mattresses, palliasses and chairs, he stopped up the windows like one does when assailed by an enemy. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories And, I say, people generally come and see me when they want something, physic or plasters, or to have bullet holes stopped up, or arms and legs sewn on again. In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First Jemmy stopped up on that patch where you and me wrastled, and let me down with a rope. Cutlass and Cudgel This time he give him one full o’ snuff, but Jack tasted the tar as stopped up the hole, and was too many for him. Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle For many reasons it is perhaps unfortunate that we can breathe at all when the nose is stopped up. Civics and Health “Is no way out now: it’s either stopped up or watched.” Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “Then, belay there,” replied Jorrocks, shouting out kindly, as he replaced the hatch cover, which stopped up the entrance to our hiding place so effectually that the interior became as dark as Erebus. On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “I only stopped up to see the storm,” I said. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea My head, for the most part, was a large hogshead with a bumble-bee in it, and the bung stopped up. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Upon complaint of certain superstitious and false notions of the vulgar, in 1497, it was stopped up by an order of the pope. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March The interstices, which are left on account of the thickness of the building material, are stopped up with chips and mud. The Ten Books on Architecture If these pores are stopped up or clogged, the waste material is secreted in the skin. Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep “I stopped up to wait for the wind.” The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea A bare and dirty room, with a couple of windows, whereof a tenth part might be of glass, the remainder being stopped up with old copybooks and paper. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The inhabitants had either stopped up, or were engaged in stopping up, every chink through which petroleum might be thrown into their houses. The Insurrection in Paris “I tried to make signs to Ole, ’cause I thought that man was crazy and might get the machine stopped up. My Ántonia Here he could hear much better than in the room above; which had but one loophole for air and light, and that was almost stopped up, with a wisp of straw. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War I wondered why no water was running down into my chicken yard, and I came to see what had stopped up my brook. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm Then, taking a piece of waste cotton, he stopped up his nose and tested the hose. Stand by for Mars! "There's one stopped up there a ways now." Tom Slade at Temple Camp In the lowest stage on the western face is a doorway which for some time was stopped up to strengthen the tower, but which was opened again at the general restoration. Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings The other mode of egress, the armored tube inside the turret, was stopped up with the bodies of two dead signalmen. Banzai! by Parabellum Consequently, the possibility of tile drains becoming stopped up should be fully considered at the outset, and every precaution should be taken to prevent so disastrous a result. Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health The hole was entirely stopped up with the body of a pinkish-grey caterpillar, and Mr. Barrymore explained that the poor car had simply stopped because it couldn't breathe. My Friend the Chauffeur A mile around the city The throng stopped up the ways; A fearful sight it was to see Through two long nights and days. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys I stopped up my ears again so effectively that I heard no more, and a few minutes later was flabbergasted when Diana and he suddenly broke upon me from behind the screen of plants. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Moreover, he commanded all the artillery of the town to be spoiled, that is to say, nailed and stopped up. The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Head's all stopped up with a cold, and these summer colds are awful, I tell you. An Arkansas Planter This misadventure was caused by a plug of mud which had stopped up the opening of the manometer. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Just then the officers were called away and the old civilian stopped up the top hole and moved on—no doubt the lower one is there still. Into the Jaws of Death And all the company stopped up their ears, except Mr. Crow. The Tale of Major Monkey Yes, it was a secret stubbornly protected; the tunnel was stopped up, the vault restored to what had been a former strength or weakness, and never a dozen souls to hear the tale. The President A novel But if they do not shun evils on religious principle, because they are sins and against God, the lusts of evil with their enjoyments remain in them like impure waters stopped up or stagnant. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence After their bags were filled the hole was stopped up, and a hasty departure was made. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Therefore in experiments with taste, the nostrils should be stopped up with cotton. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners I had a hand sprayer, but when I mixed the lime-sulphur and the arsenate of lead it almost stopped up. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 As regards this room the professor drily remarked—"I thought I had noticed that even the key-hole was stopped up, in order to preserve the ladies' delicate nerves from every disagreeable sensation." The Social History of Smoking If the eyes are affected then the boracic acid wash; if the nose is stopped up, then a good steaming from the kettle. The Boston Terrier and All About It A Practical, Scientific, and Up to Date Guide to the Breeding of the American Dog The Nubians say that the Divan is to be held in the Citadel and that the road by which the Memlook Beys left it is not stopped up, though perhaps it goes underground nowadays. Letters from Egypt Q. How can you tell if equalizer tubes become stopped up or broken? The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads Warde Hollister stopped up his ears in an agony of torture while a dozen famishing boys flopped this way and that in attitudes of suffering despair. Pee-Wee Harris Adrift Something appears to have got stopped up in the horn, or else maybe it's frozen. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Even so these men have broken in pieces all the pipes and conduits: they have stopped up all the springs, and choked up p. 134the fountain of living water with dirt and mire. The Apology of the Church of England I am going to have all this green stuff taken away, and the bricks re-laid and the holes stopped up. The Romancers A Comedy in Three Acts A. Insufficient water supply due to tank valve partly closed, strainer stopped up or tank hose kinked, injector tubes out of line, limed up, or delivery tube cut, or wet steam from the throttle. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads Then the dogs sprang in, and one of the men jumped to the only hole in the room they had not previously stopped up. The Way of the Wild The snow clogged and stopped up a switch, and the engineer was afraid he would get on the wrong track, so he put on the brakes quickly and made a short and sudden stop. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's “Well, I must clean it out, as soon as I get the other things goin', or the dreen will be stopped up.” By the Light of the Soul A Novel One tablet every hour for burning watery discharge from the nose; nose stopped up, discharge makes nose sore. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada A. This may be caused by a loose-fitting supply valve piston 8, or the port past the regulating valve 12 partly stopped up. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads He died because the pores of his skin were stopped up, and the sweat glands could not carry off the poisonous matter from his body. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene "I think we must have hit a snow bank, or else some of the rails and switches are stopped up with snow," answered Daddy Bunker. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's The flow had been insufficient and the well had been stopped up. The Runaway Skyscraper When once the cables are in place the longitudinal opening is stopped up with cement mortar, and in this way a very tight conduit is obtained whose hardness increases with time. Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 A. This may be caused by leaky air piston packing rings; final discharge valves leaking, or air passages partially stopped up. The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads A mile around the city The throng stopped up the ways; A fearful sight it was to see Through two long nights and days. Holiday Stories for Young People I stopped up until two o'clock in the morning. Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton This tube had been stopped up to make the piece available for its new purpose. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan By and by he perceived a fountain, of which the pipe was stopped up with a piece of wood. Miscellanea Q. What would be the effect if the drain port "W" were stopped up? The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads But the fountain in the court is stopped up—that fountain which used to supply me with precious, beautifying water. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know The entrance at the western extremity is entirely stopped up: but the exterior gives manifest proof of an antiquity equal to that of the Abbey of St. Stephen. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One A grievous apathy took possession of all classes; agriculture was neglected, and the drains being stopped up, the line of route was inundated, and the road, especially on the low levels, became quite impassable. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Clotworthy had stopped up all night and had picked up enough for four or five days. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 Q. If a sight feed gets stopped up, how could you clean it out? The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads I confess that I should have lost him then, but that a hole on which he had reckoned was stopped up, and he had to turn. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men They say 's he had all of a foot to over-'n'-over along Mr. Fisher, 'n' Mr. Jilkins is jus' tufted like a sofa where he stopped up where he was skewered. Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop "Are you certain your drains are not stopped up?" he asked. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers If these are taken as affronts and the messengers punished, the vent of grief is stopped up--a dangerous thing in any state. In the Days of Poor Richard Q. Should you examine the flues to see if they are stopped up and leaking, and inspect the grate and grate rigging carefully before leaving the engine at a terminal? The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads So he scratched open an old hole in the wall that had been stopped up, and crept in. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men They got a hollow log and stopped up one end of it. Stories of American Life and Adventure On the contrary, the hole is stopped up at its entrance and egress with the chips forced out by the ball in its passage. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The seas are the lungs from which humanity draws a fresh breath of enterprise, and they must not be stopped up. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 He had stopped up all other outlets of his body. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 They stopped up the holes and cracks with tufts of grass, and piled a wall of big and little stones right round the house. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men The stair window, we settled, was not to be stopped up. The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol II. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters The morning sun shone brightly over me through three panes of glass in the window, the fourth of which was stopped up with an old petticoat. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative A box is made sometimes and them to see to see to it neatly and to have the holes stopped up makes it necessary to use paper. Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms So that's how the first three eggs were taken, but no more were, for Papa Wibblewobble stopped up the rat hole. Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble It's just my breathing," he told her; "it gets stopped up. The Three Black Pennys A Novel The slack sail will not chafe, as it remains quiet, but if so desired may be stopped up at leisure with only a few hands with stops provided for that purpose. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 "Be sure your powder horns are stopped up tight, Paul," said Henry. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky Some time ago M. Lesseps bought a small canal partially stopped up leading from the Nile at Cairo to Ismailia. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Washington set to work turning off all the gasolene, and the larger tanks were lashed fast and securely stopped up. Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch If the point gets stopped up, stand the pen in nitric or sulphuric acid, which will probably dissolve the obstruction; and afterwards wash it out. Things To Make Now, if someone in the beginning had stopped up the little spring on the mountain—the first source of the river—there would have been no river in that particular place. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine They came to the cabin of a poor old woman, the door of which was stopped up with dung. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines And that which makes them most difficult of all, is, that the ways shift and alter, new ways often made and old ways stopped up. An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape The windows on the first floor are half stopped up, so as to keep the rain out; they look out into a garden enclosed by a high wall. Over Strand and Field All traffic was stopped up as far as Trafalgar Square. The Great Adventure So the Wuggards in the rebellious island stopped up all the garlic mines, supplying their own needs by purchase from foreign trading proas. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 This strait is six leagues across, in which space there are so many islands, little islets, and rocks, as to occasion a suspicion that it was once stopped up. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time For if you stopped up your ears, you wouldn't hear those sounds. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev Inside the windowless barn was in semi-darkness, for but little light came through the openings stopped up with straw, especially as the day was beginning to wane. The Teeth of the Tiger Yes, I can never think of that without its starting the tears, no matter how well the source of them may have been stopped up. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig But hope bedazzled all anxieties and stopped up the gaps for the moment. Light I saw him go out again," said the porter, dryly, "after he had something to eat, for we are short-handed in the off-season, and I stopped up myself to see he got it. The Shadow of the Rope In an instant of time, the way was stopped up with heaps of weapons, particularly spears, which, falling mostly with their points towards the pursuers, formed a kind of palisade across the road. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 The natives throw a large quantity of these gourds into the ponds, after having carefully stopped up the holes by which water is introduced into them, to prevent their sinking. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Of course, these channels are stopped up or opened as occasion requires. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 The paths in this part, however, were stopped up in so many directions, that it was impossible to get an entrance through them to such parts as might determine the question. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 He carefully stopped up the vials, and used the occasion to arrange his cosmetics. Against the Grain For a moment, my throat seems absolutely stopped up, choked; there seems no passage for my voice, through its dry, parched gates. Nancy So, when the child was twelve, the mother closed the doors and windows, and stopped up all the chinks and crannies, to prevent the Sun from coming to fetch away her daughter. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul We stopped up all chinks and crevices, that the fumes of these substances might not betray us. The Pirates Own Book "The hole is stopped up by rubbish!" replied Bat, as soon as he could take breath. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen He stopped up the two doors which communicated with the aisles of the church, and the two which opened into the chancel, and which, though visible, still remain masoned up. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Life may be rearranged for the new circumstances, but in the meanwhile all the ordinary assumptions have to be changed, all the ordinary channels of activity are stopped up or diverted. Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 The roof was covered with large pieces of bark; the chinks of the wall were stopped up with clay; and the chimney and floor were of the same material, beaten hard and smooth. The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace The "shop" was a bare and dirty room, with a couple of windows, whereof a tenth part might be of glass, the remainder being stopped up with old copybooks and paper. Ten Boys from Dickens You will just go round by that spinney to see if the earth you gave orders to be stopped up is properly closed. A Cotswold Village At length, however, Lilly reached a part of the wall where a door appeared to have been stopped up, and playing the rods near it, they turned one over the other. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire I did not observe that the mouths and noses of these poor creatures were stopped up with mud from the Ganges: this may, perhaps, be the case in some other districts. A Woman's Journey Round the World Tom stopped up every cranny of the hen-house which looked in the least dangerous, with such neatness and skill that his father and uncle were quite pleased. The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace Every gentleman, too, was perfectly stopped up with tight plugging, and was dislocated in the greater part of his joints. Martin Chuzzlewit J. M.' You would hardly guess which is the main street of our watering- place, but you may know it by its being always stopped up with donkey-chaises. Reprinted Pieces In the morning, however, I feel less enthusiastic about the idea, and reflect that it would have been much better if I had stopped up last night. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow These bolts were pushed outside, and the buffers covered with India-rubber stopped up the holes which let them through. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon I would hope, though my ears are so confoundedly stopped up I can't hear you, that you can hear me. The Tarn of Eternity I would fain have espied them, but they stopped up the keyhole. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan But I don't, because it was my rotten cricket ball that stopped up the pipe and caused the midnight flood in our bedroom. The Wouldbegoods Our closet was stopped up and when the porter came to see what was the matter he found the vanity bag. A Young Girl's Diary Then piling up all the rest of the furniture, the mattresses, paillasses, and chairs, he stopped up the windows as men do when assailed by an enemy. Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant Do your eyes leak when your nose is stopped up? Danny's Own Story Then I found that the little rubber tube was stopped up. The Life of Me; an autobiography There are ailments both external and internal, and the breath is stopped up, the stomach rebellious, the back and legs painful, appetite failing. Court Life in China It's the old martin house, but I've stopped up the door and made the roof open, so it will hold all sorts of things, and save our valuable time. Little Women The Prince hastily stopped up his ears, but even then the sight of these comical musicians sent him into fits of laughter. The Blue Fairy Book But they stopped up his mouth with their fists. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself And yet somehow, even with his ears stopped up, sounds seemed to penetrate to him and to carry their own tale. Round the Red Lamp But there were so many dead bodies that the river was stopped up, and the water had to change course. The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc "Leastways it's stopped up, and I knows a way down this a-way in and about as nigh as that," went on the speaker, in the same level voice. The Burial of the Guns He stopped up, choked on things, flopped around, and turned so white. Laddie; a true blue story The fishermen were terrified when they realized what I'd done, and they quickly hit on a solution: they stopped up my mouth by stuffing it full of seaweed. The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself But the place looked desolate and uncomfortable; some windows stopped up with boards, some with shattered panes, and shutters hanging by a single hinge,—all telling of coarse neglect and discomfort. Uncle Tom's Cabin One of the holes through which he breathed had just been stopped up. Les Misérables Looks like the outlet must have got stopped up somehow. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island When the packing has been finished, see that the top is securely attached and that the hole in the side of the freezer is well stopped up. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies With this, he stopped up the big hole in Giant Blubb's huge body. Welsh Fairy Tales This I continued until I had not only stopped up the entrance, but placed a good thickness of straw between me and the outside. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood The surgeon took up his pincers to extract the pieces of flesh which had stopped up the opening of the wound. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt A garret the whole size of the room—the former chapel—now the House of Commons; below, kitcats of Gothic chapel windows stopped up appear on each side above the floor: above, roof-beams. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2 If she has only one leak, a leak can be stopped up, and a ship of 300 or 400 tons is a real ship compared to our Good Luck! The Mysterious Island They had stopped up the door with stones and clay, and allowed it only to be opened at the feast of Pentecost. The Hermits I was like a shy creature of the woods whose hole had been stopped up: I had no place of refuge—nowhere to hide my head; and I felt so naked! Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood I had a spare stay-sail, stopped up in her mizen-rigging, from the top down, and after that the ship was both easy and dry. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale They stopped up the chimney since it burned as much as fifteen sous of coal a day. L'Assommoir I found that the greatest confusion and uproar prevailed, in consequence of the Sheriffs having stopped up and barricadoed the Two Galleries with three-inch deal planks, lashed together with strong iron plates and hoops. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 He was under the ban of the Sanhedrim; but perfectly safe as long as He had stopped up among the hills of Galilee. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke But now would I give something to know if every cranny of the hole can be stopped up with that same peg. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 The voracity with which he fell on them, soon, with him also, stopped up the channels of speech. The History of David Grieve Had her ears been stopped up then, that she had not heard the cursed music of despair which sounded behind the walls? L'Assommoir A small hole is formed in the top of the box for the insertion the pebbles, which is stopped up with a cork when the float is adjusted. The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns Upon complaint of certain superstitious and false notions of the vulgar, in 1497, it was stopped up by an order of the Pope. Purgatory But at once the gap is stopped up. Jean-Christophe Journey's End The murderer," Rénine continued, "stopped up the loophole neatly with a clod of earth. The Eight Strokes of the Clock So long as the hole was kept stopped up, by which the goblin entered, she made a good wife. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks He arose, carefully stopped up the chinks around the rock at the doorway, and bade Zangamon replenish the fire with dry sticks. Darkness and Dawn Then he conceived the idea of starving it out, and stopped up the hole with clay. Birds in Town and Village In the driest days, my fountain became disabled; the pipe was stopped up. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The copper basin also was filled with dirty water, which would not flow away, as the waste-pipe was stopped up. Prisoner for Blasphemy He would have been safe if he had stopped up among the hills. Expositions of Holy Scripture He prayed her not to forget his children, more especially the little one in the cradle; stopped up her ears and her mouth, and then led her upwards to the sea-shore. True Story of My Life As long as he was of service to them they retained him; for his peace of mind at one time they stopped up all letter-boxes in Constantinople because so many threatening letters were sent him. Crescent and Iron Cross It was a bare and dirty room, the windows mostly stopped up with old copybooks and paper, and Nicholas looked with dismay at the old rickety desks and forms. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction The curtain rises up and clings to the ceiling, and thus the passage to the nose is stopped up. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals What a blessing that I stopped up here just in time! Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale As figure for the fountain a dolphin with a broken-off tail, and one of the nostrils stopped up. Mogens and Other Stories “Why, I would put a grating, or something, over the pipe, so that it shouldn’t get stopped up.” The Revolution in Tanner's Lane They entered the shop, and with the threat of death stopped up the mouths of the servitors. King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays Long after Sir Eustace —who, always careful of his health, never stopped up late if he could avoid it—had vanished, yawning, his brother sat smoking pipe after pipe and thinking. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales He did not know that the biscuit happened to strike a hole that had been temporarily stopped up with putty and paint. The Perils of Pauline Dr. Fisher gave Polly this one after she had the measles; but it was a lumbering old affair that was full of holes that had to be stopped up with anything we could get. Five Little Peppers Midway “But if the grating got stopped up that would be just as bad.” The Revolution in Tanner's Lane Thus Mr. Wollaston grimly, with his pores stopped up with iron-fillings,--a person to whom it would come quite easy to knock any one on the head for a slight difference of opinion. The Stillwater Tragedy He stopped up at our place the other day, and said he wanted to sell his outfit. Parnassus on Wheels Finding it stopped up by a wriggling, squirming body she perched herself on the little boy's neck and flapped her enraged wings in his face. Miss Minerva and William Green Hill Just then another cab stopped up the street, and as we turned to leave the vestibule Kennedy drew back. The Treasure-Train I have seldom seen so beautiful a bit of building: it was a great square battlemented tower, with a turret, the mullioned windows stopped up with sea-worn boulders. Escape, and Other Essays Put your eye to this—" "I don't see anything; the hole's stopped up. Under Fire: the story of a squad They covered the floor with Oahu mats for a carpet, stopped up the vent-hole in bad weather, and made it their head-quarters. Two Years Before the Mast Perhaps the squire wrote too angrily, and that stopped up confidence. Wives and Daughters This well was stopped up since Oxford was a garrison. Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects O Master Flowerdale, if too much grief Have not stopped up the organs of your voice, Then speak to her that is thy faithful wife: Or doth contempt of me thus tie thy tongue? The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. The way by which we have come is stopped up with men. Under Fire: the story of a squad Then she stopped up the nostrils with moss and grease. The Eskimo Twins The aperture is then stopped up with a bundle of grass if the nights are cool. Ismailia I have come across several reeds stopped up with flock though containing nothing at all, or else furnished with one, two or three cells devoid of provisions or eggs. Bramble-Bees and Others He remembered to have heard his father and grandfather say that it had always been stopped up, and that out of it King Boabdil had gone when he surrendered Granada. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Benaiah drew the water from the well through a hole bored from below, and, after having stopped up the hole with the wool, he filled the well with wine from above. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 In the earliest light of the following morning, he and Rolf stopped up the entrance to the perilous passage with huge blocks of stone. Sintram and His Companions He stopped up the rent as best he might with garments from the dead men, and placed ballast stones upon them, then clambered on to the deck again. Eric Brighteyes The streets were stopped up all day by groups of talkers and listeners. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Our laws, like a hole in a fence, makes access easy, and the endless raids will never cease until the holes are stopped up. Confiscation; an outline Moreover, his hand was tolerably free; he stopped up his nose and resigned himself. Notre-Dame De Paris There had been public preaching in Springville to the effect that no Apostles would be allowed to leave; if they did, hog- holes in the fences would be stopped up with them. The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 As I used to tell ’im, if that was so, then for all we ’ad got out of it we might just as well have stopped up a tree—saved rent and shoe leather. The Angel and the Author, and others They could not, however, trace this stream to its source; and it is again stopped up with earth and rubbish. Travels through France and Italy Against what truth, human or divine, have you hitherto stopped up your ear like the Psalmist’s serpent? Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) As for the old stagers, whom you admire so, their faces were all clogged with powder, the pores stopped up, the true texture of the skin abolished. A Simpleton No new timbers put in, as far as I could see, only stopped up and tinkered at, and covered over with sailcloth and tarpaulins and that sort of thing--an absolute fraud. Pillars of Society Removing the cover, he stopped up the flue with an old woolen coat. He Fell in Love with His Wife "But it must have been in the tank for some time," argued Larry Dexter, "and yet it only stopped up the pipe a little while ago." Dick Hamilton's Airship, or, a Young Millionaire in the Clouds Around our city there are the remains, the still visible tracks, of roads that at one time took the country people into our city, but which are now stopped up and made wholly impassable. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) They covered it with Oahu mats, for a carpet; stopped up the vent-hole in bad weather, and made it their head-quarters. Two Years Before the Mast The mystery was simple enough; the gun did not go off because the Marabout had skillfully stopped up the vent. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life Then the leak, too, that has to be caulked; and, un- less it is stopped up very effectually, we shall only be doomed most certainly to perish at sea. The Survivors of the Chancellor Then Panthia stopped up the wide wound of his throat with the Sponge and said, O sponge sprung and made of the sea, beware that thou not passe by running river. The Golden Asse He had also stopped up the chimney, warming his room by a stove, with a pipe through the wall to the Rue Saint-Roch. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Then the leak, too, that has to be caulked; and, unless it is stopped up very effectually, we shall be only doomed most certainly to perish at sea. The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger The streets stopped up with gazing multitudes: Command our armed officers with halberds Make way for entrance of the prisoners; Let proclamation once again be made. Sir Thomas More "Someone has stopped up the cracks in the schist!" The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern They had stopped up the holes in their cuirasses with the shoulder-blades of quadrupeds, and replaced their brass cothurni with worn sandals. Salammbo If she has only a leak, that may be stopped up; a vessel from three to four hundred tons, why she is a regular ship compared to our 'Bonadventure'! The Mysterious Island "Near here," replied De Comminges, smiling; "so near that if the windows which look on the orangery were not stopped up you could see him from where you are." Twenty Years After They had repaired it completely, and stopped up with vast masses of stone the hole Dantes had partly filled in. The Count of Monte Cristo Either the explorers had strayed from the right path on their return, or the narrow orifice, broken in the rock by the dynamite, had been recently stopped up. The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern At the south-west gate Autaritus and his men broke down the rampart, the fissure in which had been stopped up with bricks. Salammbo All of them stood silently gazing at the enormous bush which stopped up the gateway. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Matho stopped up the holes in them with the stones of the houses. Salammbo For a moment Dantes was speechless; then he remembered that these caves might have been filled up by some accident, or even stopped up, for the sake of greater security, by Cardinal Spada. The Count of Monte Cristo Meanwhile the soldiers had collected all the mattresses of the household and partially stopped up the windows with them. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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