▪ 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.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 53 Wiþinne þe wounde leie þe ȝelke of an ey, wiþ oile of rosis, with stupis, or ellis wiþ lint. a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 87 Stuppez of lyne or coton. 1543 Traheron Vigo's Chirurg. 94 b, Applye it with stoupes moysted in water. 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 96 A large hot stupe wet in a good lixivium, and wrung out. 1634 T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. xi. xii. (1678) 286 These stoups I stayed and held to the part with double cloaths. 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 76, I rolled up his head upon a Stuphe, dry wrung from the fomentation. 1743 tr. Heister's Surg. i. xv. (1768) 110 Foment the Eye with Stuphs wrung out of the Decoctions which we prescribed above. 1896 Allbutt'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.
| 1762 Bickerstaffe Love in Village ii. ii, Was there ever such a poor stupe! 1813 Sketches of Character (ed. 2) I. 11 How could they think of bringing that stupe of a Miss Newton? 1840 Lady C. Bury Hist. Flirt v, Of all the silent stupes, commend me to Captain Thelwal. 1876 Blackmore 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. 1967 E. McGirr Here lies my Wife v. 151 He carries on..all the time. He's stupe. 1977 Time 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.
| c 1540 Pract. Cyrurgyons A i, Roulettes, stupes, or plagettes made of lynte,..stuped or dypped in hote Oyles. |
2. To foment with a stupe or stupes.
| 1670 Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1694) 52 They use bathing and stuping those places. 1735 Phil. Trans. XL. 426 The Abdomen was stuped twice a Day with an emollient Fomentation. 1747 Wesley Prim. Physick (1762) 100 Stoop it [a sprain] with one spoonful of Brandy, two of Vinegar and four of Water. 1843 in R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxix. 390, I..stuped the part with warm water and laudanum. 1892 Cassell'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