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单词 stopsel
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stopseln.

Etymology: < Dutch stopsel, in Kilian glossed stuppa (tow), < stoppen to stuff, stop: see stop v.
Obsolete. rare.
An incendiary missile, consisting of tow, brimstone, etc.
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1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. K iiij b They muste haue appareylled redy pitche, oyle brymstone and towe to make with all grete stopselles that shal be shoten thykke to the engyns of theyre enemyes tyl that they be sette a fyre.
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