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stupe (s.xiii1)
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stupe (s.xiii1)

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stouppe  
  FEW:  stuppa 12,314b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  estope (*)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  stupe n.1  MED:  stupe n.1  DMLBS:  stuppa 3221a

s.

1textiletow, coarse flax or hemp: 
( MS: s.xiii ) stupa: stupes  Vernac Glosses 30
( 1397; MS: s.xivex ) [...] ensi come de stouppes une corde  GOWER Traitié 381.iv.6
♦fibres of tow used as flammable material, tinder: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim ) busche, fain u stupes, e vus l’ajustez al fu  Joshua Sermons ii 14
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim ) Ceste vie n’ad duree Plus que stupes enbrasee (var. (W: s.xivin) Plus ke n’ad stupe abrasee ) Dunt la flambee e la fumee En une eure est trespaseie  S Modw 698
2med.swab, dressing: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Enaprés [...] i metez stupe od muel d'oef u aubun od olie  A-N Med i 67

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estupe 
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