stoup

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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

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

"I am always in the habit," said Andrew, "o' stopping here for refreshment, and, if ye hae nae objections, we'll toom a stoup together."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various

She was standing by the holy water stoup leaning against a white pillar.

From The Prussian Terror by Dumas, Alexandre

And a stoup of water bring; Then would he mix the genuine stuff, As they made it long ago, With limes that on his property In Trinidad did grow.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various