Obs. rare. [? ad. It. stoppino (used in the sense of ‘wick’), f. stoppa tow. (The It. original has stoppata.)] = STUPE.
1582. Hester, Secr. Phiorav., II. vii. 88. Laie on [the impostume] a stopine wet with … white of an Egge. Ibid., III. lxxxiv. 111. The sinewes of an Oxe beyng dried and made linte to make tentes or stopines, is most excellent.
