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Forms: stoppa (data provider: donatus-sup)
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Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Stóppa, s. f.
1. tow, hards of flax or hemp.Spegnere il fuoco colla —, to throw oil upon fire, to add fire to flame, to make bad worse. Far la barba di —, to deceive, to disappoint, or supplant one; 2. oakum. — nera, tarred oakum. — bianca, white oakum. La nave spunta la —, the ship works out the oakum.
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stoppa: hurds or tow, or okum of hempe, or the course part of flax.