ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

263. Stopper -- N. stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap;
rammer † ; ram, ramrod; piston; stop-gap; wadding, stuffing, padding, stopping, dossil † ,
pledget † , tompion † , tourniquet.
cover &c 223; valve, vent peg, spigot, slide valve.
janitor, doorkeeper, porter, warder, beadle, cerberus, ostiary † .
SECTION IV.
MOTION
1. MOTION IN GENERAL
264. [Successive change of place.] Motion -- N. motion, movement, move; going &c v.;
unrest.
stream, flow, flux, run, course, stir; evolution; kinematics; telekinesis.
step, rate, pace, tread, stride, gait, port, footfall, cadence, carriage, velocity, angular
velocity; clip, progress, locomotion; journey &c 266; voyage &c 267; transit &c 270.
restlessness &c (changeableness) 149; mobility; movableness, motive power; laws of
motion; mobilization.
V. be in motion &c adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover
round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along;
wander &c (deviate) 279; walk &c 266; change one's place, shift one's place, change
one's quarters, shift one's quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving; put in motion, set in
motion; move; impel &c 276; propel &c 284; render movable, mobilize.
Adj. moving &c v.; in motion; transitional; motory † , motive; shifting, movable, mobile,
mercurial, unquiet; restless &c (changeable) 149; nomadic &c 266; erratic &c 279.
Adv. under way; on the move, on the wing, on the tramp, on the march.
Phr. eppur si muove [Galileo]; es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille [G.], sich ein
Charakter in dem Strom der Welt [G.].
265. Quiescence -- N. rest; stillness &c adj.; quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity,
immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance † ; quietism.
quiet, tranquility, calm; repose &c 687; peace; dead calm, anticyclone † ; statue-like
repose; silence &c 203; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep &c (inactivity) 683.
pause, lull &c (cessation) 142; stand still; standing still &c v.; lock; dead lock, dead
stop, dead stand; full stop; fix; embargo.
resting place; gite [Fr.]; bivouac; home &c (abode) 189; pillow &c (support) 215;
haven &c (refuge) 666; goal &c (arrival) 292.
V. be quiescent &c adj.; stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose, hold the breath.
remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to,
heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to
an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop
&c (discontinue) 142.
stagnate; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within
doors, stay at home, go to bed.