Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Ecclesiastical A basin or font for holy water at the entrance of a church.
  • noun A drinking vessel, such as a cup or tankard.
  • noun Scots A bucket or pail.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See stoop, stoop, stoop.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun basin for holy water
  • noun an archaic drinking vessel

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English stoup, bucket, jar, from Old Norse staup, cup.]

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From Old Norse staup, from Proto-Germanic *staupo- ( > Old English stēap). See stoop a vessel. More at stop.

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Examples

  • If you happen to watch Rachael Ray on the FoodTV Network, you know all about her "stoup" - thinner than a stew, yet thicker than a soup ...

    Sweetnicks- Food & Life - It's All at Sweetnicks 2005

  • If you happen to watch Rachael Ray on the FoodTV Network, you know all about her "stoup" - thinner than a stew, yet thicker than a soup ...

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  • My mother has lots of signature dishes, but one of my favorites is also one of her simplest: she calls it chicken "stoup," because it's a hearty chicken soup with more meat and veggies than broth "Stew" plus "soup" equals "stoup" -- get it?

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Food52 2012

  • Merrill My mother has lots of signature dishes, but one of my favorites is also one of her simplest: she calls it chicken "stoup," because it's a hearty chicken soup with more meat and veggies than broth "Stew" plus "soup" equals "stoup" -- get it?

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  • I love to slurp it like a soup/stew or should I say "stoup" a la Rachel Ray!

    Archive 2008-09-01 Meera 2008

  • I love to slurp it like a soup/stew or should I say "stoup" a la Rachel Ray!

    Aviyal Meera 2008

  • Walking along the lampless streets, at an hour when camps are silent, one is often attracted by the notes of fresh, young voices, where soft lights glow through open casements, or the singers sit under the vine-traceried verandah of a "stoup," accompanying the melody with guitar or banjo.

    Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith 1874

  • Meanwhile the 'stoup' containing water with which people cross themselves has been shelved, and parishioners have been discouraged from shaking hands.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2009

  • I could watch her all day, whether she's telling anecdotes about her dog, Isaboo, or using ridiculous hybrid words like "stoup" (stew/soup) and

    Phoenix New Times | Complete Issue 2009

  • _] A stoup is a jug.] [Footnote V. 17: _In youth, when I did love, did love.

    Hamlet William Shakespeare 1590

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