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1 stuffa [cf. AN estuffe, ME stuffe], ~um 1 stores, supplies, stock: a (mil.) military stores or supplies, garrison. b (domestic) supplies, stores, provisions, stock, livestock. c appurtenances, contents, possessions. a 1340 per ‥ celdras farine avene liberatas pro stoffa castri de Dunbretan. ‥ et per ‥ celdras farine ‥ ad stoffam castri de Loghdon ExchScot 467; ? a1346 N. de [MS: et] M. qui fuit de ~a de C., lator presencium, nuper venit ad pacem A. A. M. Duncan, Formulary E (1976) no. 50; 1360 recepta de ~a Calesie ‥ j morterium de cupro cum uno pestollo ferri (KR Ac) EHR XXVI 691; 1380 pro ‥ victualibus emptis ad municionem Castri Edynburgh et dimissis ad conservandum in custodia constabularii ad ~am dicti castri ExchScot 653 (cf. ib. 653n: ad conservandum in castro ‥ ad stoffam ejusdem); 1442 de equo et armatura ‥ nichil rec' hic quia remanent in ~o Ac. Durh. 410.  b 1388 in duobus Jaks pro ~o domus, liij s. iv d. Ac. Durh. 134; 1409 rem' in ~o parcelle subscripte, viz. in primis in parva domo, v quar' et di' de farina avenar' prec' quar' viij s. Ib. 607; 1464 manerium ibidem dimittitur Johanni R. sine termino, indentura, et ~o, cum reparacione ejusdem ‥. ~um vivum ejusdem manerii expenditur in monasterio, et ~um mortuum adductum fuit ad manerium de P. Feod. Durh. 170; firmarii predicti sunt impotentes in bonis ad satisfaciendum dictum ~um Ib. 172.  c 1364 ad inquirend' de manerio et de ~o ejusdem Hal. Durh. 35; 1454 ~um officii hostillar' Dunelm' dimissum per dominum J. G. Ac. Durh. 147. 2 (raw) material (for construction). b fabric, stuff. 1464 reparacio tecture plumbee dormitorii cum ~o providendo pro eodem Feod. Durh. 210; 1477 vij petr' plumbi de veteri ~o super scaccarium cellerarii, xxij s. vj d. Ac. Durh. 95.  b 1349 unum garniamentum de fustien' alb' pro corpore regis stuffatum cum sindon', serico, et aliis ~is (KR Ac 391/15) Arch. XXXI 35; 1349 panni de camoca ‥ et alie ~e (Ib.) Ib. XXXI 46.
2 stuffa v. stupha

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