stupe

[ stoop, styoop ]

/ stup, styup /

two or more layers of flannel or other cloth soaked in hot water and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.

Origin of stupe

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin stūpa, variant of stuppa < Greek stýppē flax, hemp, tow

stupe ²

[ stoop ]

/ stup /

a stupid person.

First recorded in 1755–65; by shortening of stupid

By twisting the sticks in opposite directions the stupe may be wrung out easily.

American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick |Jane A. Delano
The wringer should be placed in the basin with the stupe arranged upon it.

American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick |Jane A. Delano
And Big Stupe accepted everything they did very seriously and loved the attention.

Big Stupe |Charles V. De Vet
Place the stupe wherever it is desired and cover with a piece of oiled silk or dry flannel.

The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) |Grant Hague

Then the ends should be twisted in opposite directions until the stupe inside is as dry as possible.

American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick |Jane A. Delano

stupe ¹

/ (stjuːp) /

med a hot damp cloth, usually sprinkled with an irritant, applied to the body to relieve pain by counterirritation

C14: from Latin stuppa flax, from Greek stuppē

stupe ²

/ (stjuːp) /

US slang a stupid person; clot