3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stoop \Stoop\, n. [OE. stope, Icel. staup; akin to AS. ste['a]p, D. stoop, G. stauf, OHG. stouph.] A vessel of liquor; a flagon. [Written also {stoup}.] [1913 Webster] Fetch me a stoop of liquor. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stoup \Stoup\ (st[=oo]p), n. [See {Stoop} a vessel.] 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eccl.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also {holy-water stoup} or {holy-water font}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stoup n 1: an archaic drinking vessel 2: basin for holy water [syn: {stoop}]
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