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Stumed vs Stuped - What's the difference?

stumed | stuped |

As verbs the difference between stumed and stuped

is that stumed is (stum) while stuped is (stupe).

stumed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (stum)

    • stum

    English

    Noun

  • Unfermented grape juice; must.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • Let our wines, without mixture of stum , be all fine.
  • * Dryden
    • And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause.
  • Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.
  • * {{quote-book
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    And make it brisk champaign become.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to ferment
  • to renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation
    • We stum our wines to renew their spirits. — Floyer.

    References

    (Webster 1913)

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    stuped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (stupe)

    • stupe

    English

    Etymology 1

    Shortening of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A stupid person or (rarely) thing.
    • He thinks Santa lives at the South Pole? What a stupe !

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English, from (etyl) , variant of stuppa.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hot, wet medicated cloth or sponge applied externally.

    • Verb

    (stup)
  • To foment with such a cloth or sponge.
    • (Wiseman)

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