stopping (stoping)

[Verbal n. of stop1, r.] 1. The act of one who or that which stops, in any sense. Specifically-(a) The proce of filling cracks or fi ures, as in an oil-painting, with a compos i tion preparatory to restoring; also, the material used in the proce . The stopping , as this mixture [of size and whiting) is called, is pre ed into the cracks by means of a palette knife. Workshop Receipts , 2d ser., p. 127. (b) In etching. See to stop out (a), under stopl, e. t. (c) The act or proce of altering the pitch of the tones of a musical instrument in any of the ways described under stop1, v. t., 10. 2. Something that stops. Specifically-(a) In min ing, any solid wall or brattice built acro a pa age in a mine, to shut out the air from the goaves, or to limit it to certain pa ages, or to keep the gas confined, or for any other purpose. (b) In dental surg., material for filling cavities in teeth. (c) In farriery, a ball or pad for stuffing the space in a horse's foot within the inner edge of the shoe. Double stopping, in viol - playing, the act or proce of producing tones simultaneously from two stop ped strings. stopping-brush (stop'ing-brush), n. 1. In hat making, a brush used to sprinkle boiling water upon the napping and the hat-body to a ist in uniting them.-2. In etching, a camel's-hair brush used in stopping out parts of etched plates.