stoup

Noun
Synonyms: stoop

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an archaic drinking vessel
  2. basin for holy waterSynonyms: stoop
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]

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