[ad. L. stīpātiōnem, f. stīpāre: see prec. and -ATION.]

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  † 1.  ‘A guarding or enuironing about’ (Cockeram, 1623). Obs.–0

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  2.  Bot. ‘An accumulation in the tissues or cavities’ (B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, 1900).

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