Stūpe1, n.
n. [Lat. stupa, stuppa, tow, Gr. στύπη, στύππη. Cf. STUFF.] (Med.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore; fomentation; sweating bath.
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n. [Lat. stupa, stuppa, tow, Gr. στύπη, στύππη. Cf. STUFF.] (Med.) Cloth or flax dipped in warm medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore; fomentation; sweating bath.
To dress with a stupe or stupes; to foment. Wiseman.
n. A stupid person. [Obs. and rare.]