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[syn: stoup, stoop]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stoup
n 1: an archaic drinking vessel
2: basin for holy water [syn: stoup, stoop]