stupha

stupha (stuf-) [cf. stuphare; cf. et. AS stofa, stufbæþ, ME stuphe, stufe, AN estuve] 1 stove, furnace, oven; b (as sort of heating system that uses flues to circulate hot air). si [aves parve] assentur ‥ in ~pha sine pinguedine aliena possunt accipi Gad. 10v. 1; pir, ignis, inde ‥ pira, i. ~pha, et piratica, i. calida Alph. 147; 15‥ ~pha ennea ad califaciendum manus pontificis in missa ‥ longa sed rotunda que tollitur cum reliquiis Reg. Aberd. II 188.  b ~phas undique videas miro artificio consertas, lateralibus quibusdam et preangustis spiraculi viis occulte calorem exhalantibus Gir. IK I 5; fac ~pham cum instrumento longo ab olla usque ad lectum Gad. 8. 1. 2 hot-air or steam bath; b (transf., as procedure). c heated room. d (? passing into name of street or district). exeunti a ~pha Gilb. I 48v. 1 (v. stuphare 2a); c1282 balneum et ~vas facere RGasc II 168a; 1291 accessit ad balnea sive ~has versus turrim Lond' SelCCant 360; 1353 buscam pro ~pis nostris in dicto pallacio Westm' faciendis Pat 238 m. 22d.; 1427 de duabus feminis morantibus in ~phis pro effusione sanguinis, x s. KR Ac 189/10.  b valent sibi ~ffe, quia faciunt cessare dolores et humores citius desiccantur M. Scot Phys. 11; 1307 item pro balneis de floribus aromaticis et ~ffis herbarum, cx s. (KR Ac) EHR LXVII 173; fiat ~pha, ita quod testiculi stuphentur Gad. 29v. 2; vitare debetis ‥ frequentacionem balnei, ut ~phe et flebothomie Kymer 3 p. 555.  c homines ‥ manent ibi continue in ~phis propter nimium frigus Comm. Sph. 337; 1418 in quadam alta ~pa infra hospicium ‥ prope templum Judeorum civitatis Constancie Reg. Heref. 118n.  d [Londonis] Chepp, stupha, Coklana, dolium, leo, verbaque vana Staura Civ. 2.