Definition for STOOP

STOOP, n.3 [Sax. stoppa; D. stoop, a measure of about two quarts; Sw. stop, measure of about three pints.]

  1. A vessel of liquor; as, a stoop of wine or ale. Denham. – King.
  2. A post fixed in the earth. [Local.]

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