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noun

Stoup n.

A flagon; a vessel or measure for liquids. (Scot.)

(Eccl.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; called also holy-water stoup or holy-water font.

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Etymology of 'Stoup'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stoup" Quotes from Famous Books

... walked up and down for an hour, and then, entering a tavern, took his place at the window, where he could see up the street, called for a stoup of wine, and prepared ...

— A Jacobite Exile - Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden • G. A. Henty

Words linked to "Stoup" : drinking vessel, stoop, basin