stuphare

stuphare (stuf-) [? cf. τύφειν; cf. et. ME stuphen, stufen] 1 to fill with hot air, steam, or infused vapour, to use as a hot-air or steam bath. ~phetur locus cum decoccione camomille Gad. 40. 2. 2 (med.) to take a hot-air or steam bath. b to treat by means of a hot-air or steam bath. homo se videt in somniis ~ffare, balneare, ad solem stare ‥ M. Scot Phys. 51; facta purgatione quam monuimus non esse multam nec violentam sed paulatinam ~phetur cum aqua calamenti ‥ et similibus; exeunti a stupha offeratur tyriaca major cum vino decoctionis germand' Gilb. I 48v. 1. b ut si ~ffari aut clisterizari seu ‥ fleubothomari ‥ indigeant Cust. Cant. 325; fiat stupha, ita quod testiculi ~phentur Gad. 29v. 2.

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