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De - Pt| English Dictionary: stoup | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for stoup | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Stoop \Stoop\, n. [OE. stope, Icel. staup; akin to AS. ste[a0]p, D. stoop, G. stauf, OHG. stouph.] A vessel of liquor; a flagon. [Written also {stoup}.] Fetch me a stoop of liquor. --Shak. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}. | |
