Defn: Cloth or flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
STUPE
Stupe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stuped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stuping.]
Defn: To foment with a stupe. Wiseman.
STUPE
Stupe, n. Etym: [See Stupid.]
Defn: A stupid person. [Obs.]
STUPEFACIENT
Stu`pe*fa"cient, a. Etym: [L. stupefaciens, p.pr. of stupefacere to
stupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to make. Cf. Stupefy.]
[Written also stupifacient.]
Defn: Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.
— n. (Med.)
Defn: Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.
STUPEFACTION
Stu`pe*fac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stupéfaction. See Stupefacient.]
Defn: The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
[Written also stupifaction.]
Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and
stupefaction upon it. South.