† stouplen.
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1634 J. Bate Myst. Nature & Art 65 How to make stouple, or prepare cotten-week to prime your fire-works with.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 91/2 The stouple or primeing [of the rocket].
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 92/1 When the fire is come to the stoupell, that will fire the cloth.
1696 R. Howlett School Recreat. (new ed.) 33 A Quill of Wild Fire..or Stopple.
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