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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To stop up, as chinks.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb medicine To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage
  • verb rare To become or cause to become blocked up

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb constipate severely

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