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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Stoup \Stoup\ (st[=oo]p), noun [See {Stoop} a vessel.] 1. A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 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}. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Stoop \Stoop\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]: noun |
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