stoup
Americannoun
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a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.
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Scot. a pail or bucket.
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Scot. and North England.
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a drinking vessel, as a cup or tankard, of various sizes.
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the amount it holds.
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noun
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a small basin for holy water
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Also: stowp. dialect a bucket or drinking vessel
Etymology
Origin of stoup
1350–1400; Middle English stowp < Old Norse staup drinking vessel; cognate with Old English stēap flagon
Example Sentences
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Father Marc Lyden-Smith said a police officer had smelled urine from a stoup and said he found it "incredible" anyone could do such a thing.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
Holy water is used by Catholics to make the sign of the cross when they come into church and the stoup is usually by the entrance.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
The Butler put a stoup upon the table, as a sample, and Franz having tasted it, said, "Ay, this is genuine last year's growth; we will stick by this."
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
I threw them down and said to him, "Count, give me a stoup of wine and they are yours."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
A miniature thurible hung on a nail and on another nail was a holy-water stoup which Michael at first thought was intended for soap.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
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