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stoup
/stuːp/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
left, still
VERB + STOUP
fetch
STOUP + NOUN
liquor, wine
Definitions
noun
1
A bucket.
2
A mug or other drinking vessel.
Fetch me a stoup of liquor.
Set me the Stopes of wine vpon that Table.
3
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.
But, though I liked Morgan well enough, I did not greatly care for his smell, which, incredibly, considering his agnosticism, was not unlike that of stale water in a church stoup.
verb
1
Obsolete form of stoop.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — basin for holy water
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Fetch me a stoup of liquor.
Wiktionary02
Set me the Stopes of wine vpon that Table.
Wiktionary03
…we ran up stairs together without speaking, and were instantly in the apartment I had left, where a stoup of wine still stood untasted.
Wiktionary04
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.
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