Stoup

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}.]
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           Fetch me a stoop of liquor.              --Shak.


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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.
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     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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stoup
       n 1: an archaic drinking vessel
       2: basin for holy water [syn: {stoop}]