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▪ I. stupe, n.1|stjuːp| Also 5 stuppe, 6 stoupe, 7 stoup, stuphe, 7–8 stuph. [ad. L. stūpa, stuppa: see stupa1. Cf. F. étoupe tow.] A piece of tow, flannel, or other soft substance, wrung out of hot liquor and medicated, for fomenting a wound or ailing part.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 53 Wiþinne þe wounde leie þe ȝelke of an ey, wiþ oile of rosis, with stupis, or ellis wiþ lint. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 87 Stuppez of lyne or coton. 1543Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. 94 b, Applye it with stoupes moysted in water. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 96 A large hot stupe wet in a good lixivium, and wrung out. 1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xi. xii. (1678) 286 These stoups I stayed and held to the part with double cloaths. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 76, I rolled up his head upon a Stuphe, dry wrung from the fomentation. 1743tr. Heister's Surg. i. xv. (1768) 110 Foment the Eye with Stuphs wrung out of the Decoctions which we prescribed above. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 435 Fomentations and stupes are conveniently made of a length of flannel doubled. ▪ II. stupe, n.2 (and a.) colloq. and dial.|stjuːp| [Shortened f. stupid.] A stupid person, a fool. Also as adj.
1762Bickerstaffe Love in Village ii. ii, Was there ever such a poor stupe! 1813Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. 11 How could they think of bringing that stupe of a Miss Newton? 1840Lady C. Bury Hist. Flirt v, Of all the silent stupes, commend me to Captain Thelwal. 1876Blackmore Cripps xxxv, ‘What a stupe I must be,’ she continued to herself, ‘to imagine that the boy could be in love!’ 1967‘T. Wells’ Dead by Light of Moon (1968) i. 15 His assistant, a big stupe called Jersey Eng. 1967E. McGirr Here lies my Wife v. 151 He carries on..all the time. He's stupe. 1977Time 25 Apr. 46/3 She tells him that true love has washed away her sins and the pure and simple stupe embraces her. ▪ III. stupe, v.|stjuːp| Also 8 stoop. [f. stupe n.1] †1. trans. To moisten (lint, tow, etc.) in some hot liquid so as to form a stupe. Obs. rare—1.
c1540Pract. Cyrurgyons A i, Roulettes, stupes, or plagettes made of lynte,..stuped or dypped in hote Oyles. 2. To foment with a stupe or stupes.
1670Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1694) 52 They use bathing and stuping those places. 1735Phil. Trans. XL. 426 The Abdomen was stuped twice a Day with an emollient Fomentation. 1747Wesley Prim. Physick (1762) 100 Stoop it [a sprain] with one spoonful of Brandy, two of Vinegar and four of Water. 1843in R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxix. 390, I..stuped the part with warm water and laudanum. 1892Cassell's Fam. Mag. Mar. 211/1 [She] developed a tiresome face-ache, which no amount of stuping with poppy-heads could bring into visiting shape. ▪ IV. stupe obs. form of stoop v.1 |