STOPE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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\Stope\, n. [Cf. {Step}, n. & v. i.] (Mining)
A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working
faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
\Stope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stoping}.] (Mining)
(a) To excavate in the form of stopes.
(b) To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore
has been worked out.
\Stope\, Stopen \Sto"pen\, p. p. of {Step}.
Stepped; gone; advanced. [Obs.]
A poor widow, somedeal stope in age. --Chaucer.
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