stoup
[ stoop ]
/ stup /
noun
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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stoup
stoop
/ (stuːp) /
noun
a small basin for holy water
Also: stowp Scot and Northern English dialect a bucket or drinking vessel
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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