† forˈstop, v. Obs.
[f. for- prefix1 + stop v.; = MDu. verstoppen.]
trans. To stop; to stifle (breath); also, to dam up, in quot. fig.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 72 Ȝe al þisses weis pundeð ower wordes, & forstoppeð ouwer þouhtes. 13.. Coer de L. 4843 The wynde..forstoppyd the Crystene onde. |