Stoup
noun, verb
noun, verb ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bucket. obsolete
- 2 basin for holy water wordnet
- 3 A mug or other drinking vessel. archaic
"Fetch me a stoup of liquor."
- 4 an archaic drinking vessel wordnet
- 5 A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
"He was seen [...] bathing in the holy water stoup as if he were its single and beholden bird, pushing aside weary French maids and local tradespeople with the impatience of a soul in physical distress."
Verb
- 1 Obsolete form of stoop. alt-of, obsolete
Example
More examples"A stoup of wine (for in those days it was served out from the cask in pewter flagons) was placed on the table, and each had his quaigh or bicker before him."
Etymology
From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.
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