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

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

In the eastern wall of the south porch is a stoup, which was formerly open, both within the porch and outside it. 

From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway

"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