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[stoper] (s.xiiiin)

The form stuper is a cross reference to the following entry:

[stoper] (s.xiiiin)

stopper;  stuper  
  FEW:  stuppa 12,316a Gdf: GdfC:  stopper 7,576c TL: DEAF:  estope (*)  DMF: TLF: OED:  stop v.  / stopped a.  MED:  stoppen v.  DMLBS:  stuppare 3221b

v.trans.

1to stop, obstruct
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiiim ) Cil [v]at stupant les piez (Latin: offendit pedibus)  Paroles Salomun 3497
2to stop up, plug
( MS: s.xv ) Pernez grant quantité de vermes que lucent de noet, e les mettez en une urynal, e le stoppés bien  Five Med MSS 108.S204
3to fill in, close up gaps in
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 ) oustez lez sellez de lez chivalx [...]. Et auxci cerchez lour pees e le[s] stoppez de coyne  Man lang ANTS 74.27
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 ) Et auxci pernez de ceef et de lyne et lé fryez ensamble en une paille veille de fere ou d'aresme, et stoppez le pee del chival gris qu'esteit cloié  Man lang ANTS 74.27

p.p. as a.

pathol.med.constricted, having difficulty in breathing
( MS: c.1325 ) Ky unt le piz stoppé. Item a seus ky unt le piz estoppé par gres  Receptaria 115.303
stoppé de
metalstuffed, plugged with (in reference to base metal concealed fraudulently beneath a layer of precious metal)
( 1400-1 ) Item, deliveré en anelx d’or faux et stoppés de coper: En primes un anelle fait al manere d’un signet stoppé de coper. Item .iij. rynges demi round coveré d’or et stoppé de latoun. [...] Item un autre anelle coveré d’or stoppé de plumb ové un verre  Goldsmiths 262

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See also:

estoper1 
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stuper