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stoup |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stoup \Stoup\, n. [See {Stoop} a vessel.] 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] Fetch me a stoop of liquor. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stoup n 1: an archaic drinking vessel 2: basin for holy water [syn: {stoop}]
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