stoup
Example Sentences
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Holy water is used by Catholics to make the sign of the cross when they come into church and the stoup is usually by the entrance.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
Father Marc Lyden-Smith said a police officer had smelled urine from a stoup and said he found it "incredible" anyone could do such a thing.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2015
The church at Marhamchurch also shows the remains of frescoes, while Stratton has a fine stoup, and in the north wall of the chancel an Easter sepulchre, probably the only one in the county.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson
A large stoup was brought to him by Will Carr, a good-looking young man of gentle demeanour, the only person who in that pairing assembly seemed to want his "dow."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
"The deil's in the man!" replied Willie, in amazement at the singularity of the laird's remarks, "and havena I been at it a' my life—ay, sin' I was nae bigger than a pint stoup."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various
