stoup
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stoup¹
- /stuːp/ UK, US
Sounds like stoop · Rhymes with -uːp
Where it comes from
From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (whence Old English stēap). See stoop (“a vessel”). More at stop.
noun stoups · stoop · stowp
- A bucket.
- A mug or other drinking vessel. Fetch me a stoup of liquor.
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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.
Similar: font
stoup²
- /stuːp/ UK, US
Sounds like stoop · Rhymes with -uːp
verb stoups · stouping · stouped
- Obsolete form of stoop
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noun holy water font
| Italiano | acquasantiera |
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title = {stoup},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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