Bible Dictionaries
Obturate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To stop or close, as an opening;

(2):

(v. t.) to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Obturate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/obturate.html. 1828.