Obs. exc. dial. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.) [OE. stipere. Cogn. w. the synonymous LG., MDu., MHG. stîper, Flem. slijper.] A prop.
a. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 126/10. Destina, uel postis, uel fulcimen, stipere.
a. 1400. Disp. Mary & Cross, 127, in Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., 615. Þe stipre [? MS. scipre]. Þat is vnder þe vyne set May not bringe forþ þe grape.
