'Stoup' definitions:
Definition of 'stoup'
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Definition of 'Stoup'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'stoup'
From: 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]