stoup
[stoop]
- a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
- Scot. a pail or bucket.
- Scot. and North England.
- a drinking vessel, as a cup or tankard, of various sizes.
- the amount it holds.
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Origin of stoup
1350–1400; Middle English stowp < Old Norse staup drinking vessel; cognate with Old English stēap flagon
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Historical Examples of stoup
Yes, Darcy, there was one drop more in the stoup, and I drained it!
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II)Charles James Lever
If there had ever been a stoup, a cross, a rude piscina, they had long since gone.
The Priest's Tale - Pre EtienneRobert Keable
I'll take a stoup and go down to the well yonder and fetch it.
John SplendidNeil Munro
The stoup that gaes often to the well comes hame broken at last.
The Proverbs of ScotlandAlexander Hislop
Only one man, in a brown fur-cloak, did not budge from the side of the stoup.
stoup
stoop
- a small basin for holy water
- Also: stowp Scot and Northern English dialect a bucket or drinking vessel
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Word Origin for stoup
C14 (in the sense: bucket): of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse staup beaker, Old English stēap flagon; see steep 1
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Word Origin and History for stoup
late 14c., "jug, jar," from Old Norse staup "cup" (cognate of Old English steap), from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (cf. Middle Low German stop, Dutch stoop, Old High German stouf, German Stauf).
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