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stoup

American  
[stoop] / stup /

noun

  1. a basin for holy water, as at the entrance of a church.

  2. Scot. a pail or bucket.

  3. Scot. and North England.

    1. a drinking vessel, as a cup or tankard, of various sizes.

    2. the amount it holds.

stoup British  
/ stuːp /

noun

  1. a small basin for holy water

  2. Also: stowp.  dialect a bucket or drinking vessel

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Etymology

Origin of stoup

1350–1400; Middle English stowp < Old Norse staup drinking vessel; cognate with Old English stēap flagon

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