stoop 
Hence 2. Liquor for drinking, especially wine, 
considered as the contents of a stoop: as, lie 
tossed off liis tttonj). 
He took his rouse with 
xtotipg of Rhenish whir. 
Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, 
[iii. 4. 
3. A basin for holy 
water, usuallyplaced 
in a niche or against 
the wall or a pil- 
lar at the entrance 
of Roman Catholic 
churches: also used 
in private houses. 
In the Greek Church it 
is called a colymbion or 
hayiastnateron. In this 
sense usually written 
stoup. Sometimes also 
called by the French 
name btnitier, and for- 
merly holy-water stock, 
holy-water stone. 
StOOp 3 (Stop), H. 
[Derived from D. Ho tcr stoup ._ church * 
usage in New York; Mini. .to, Florence. 
< D. stoep, a stoop 
(een hooae stoep, a high stoop), MD. stoepe, a 
stoop, a bench at the door, = OS. stopo = OHG. 
stuofa, MHG. stuofe, G. stufc, a step, guide; a 
doublet of stope, lit. a step, and from the root 
of step (AS. stapan, steppan, pret. stop): see 
step.] An uncovered platform before the en- 
r.966 
Stooper (stfi'per). . [< n 
who or that which stoops. 
+ -r;'l.] One 
stoop. Van Kensselaer House, at Greeubiish, Ne 
trance of a house, raised, and approached by 
means of steps. Sometimes incorrectly used 
for porch or reranda. [U. S. ; originally New 
York.] 
Nearly all the houses [in Albany] were built with their 
gables to the street, and each had heavy wooden Dutch 
stoops with seats at its door. J. F. Cooper, Satanstoe, xi. 
They found him [Stuyvesant], according to custom, 
smoking his afternoon pipe on the stoop, or bench at the 
porch of hia house. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 287. 
stoop* (stop), . [Also stoup ; a var. of stulp."] 
If. The stock or stem, as of a tree ; the stump. 
It may be known, hard by an ancient stoop, 
Where grew an oak in elder days, decay'd. 
Tancred and Gismunda, iv. 2. 
2. A post or pillar; specifically, an upright 
post used to mark distance, etc., on a race- 
course. 
Stoulpe, before a doore, souche. Palsgrave. 
Carts or wainea are debarred and letted [by coaches] : 
the milk-maid's ware is often spilt in the dirt, . . . being 
crowded and shrowded up against stalls and stoopes. 
John Taylor, Works, ii. 242. (Bartlett.) 
And 'twere well to have a flag at the ending stoup of 
each heat to be let down as soon as the first horse is past 
the stmtp. Quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 421. 
3. An upright support ; a prop or column ; spe- 
cifically, in coal-mining, a pillar of coal left to 
support the roof .4. Figuratively, a sustainer ; 
a patron. 
Dalhousie, of an auld descent, 
My chief, my stoup, and ornament. 
Ramsay, Poems, II. 867. (Jamieton.) 
[Prov. Eug. and Scotch in all uses.] 
Stoop and room, a method of mining coal in use in 
Scotland, differing but little from the pillar and breaat 
method. See pillar. Stoop and roop. [Also stoup and 
roup; a riming formula, of which the literal or original 
meaning is not obvious; explained by Jamieson as for 
stump and rump.] The whole of everything ; every jot : 
often used adverbially. 
" But the stocking, Hobble? " said John Elliot ; " we're 
utterly ruined. . . . We are ruined stoop and roop." 
Scott, Black Dwarf, x. 
Stoop and thirl. Same as stoop and room. N. and Q., 
7th ser., VI. 264. 
stooped (sto'ped or stopt), a. [< stoopi + -e<f 2 .] 
Having a stoop in posture or carriage; round- 
shouldered; bent. 
The college witticism that " and "(another 
highly esteemed university dignitary) "are the stoopedest 
men in New Haven." The Atlantic, LXIV. 557. 
Stooping (BtB'ping), J>. O. 1. Leaning; bending 
forward and downward; hence, bent; bowed: 
as, stoopiny shoulders; a stiiopiiin figure. 2f. 
Yielding; submissive. 
A stooping kinil of disposition, clean opposite to con- 
tempt. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. ii. 
3. In her., swooping or flying downward as if 
about to strike its prey : noting a hawk used as 
a bearing. Also spelled stovpimj. 
stoopingly (sto'ping-li), adv. In a stooping 
manner or position ; with a bending of the body 
forward. Sir ff. H'o/ton, Reliquiae, p. 260. 
Stoop-Shouldered (stop'shol"derd), a. Having 
a habitual stoop in the shoulders and back. 
Stoor 1 (stor), . [Also stour; early mod. E. 
alsostoore; Sc. stour, stoure, sture, (. ME. stoor, 
stnre, stor, < AS. stor = OFries. stor = Icel. 
storr = Dan. Sw. stor, great, large.] 1. Great ; 
large ; strong; mighty. 
He was store man of strenght, stoutest in armes. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L 3743. 
On a grene hille he sawe a tre, 
The savoure of hit was stronge & store. 
Political Poems, etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 101. 
2. Stiff; hard; harsh. 
Stoure, rude as course clothe is, gros. Palsgrave. 
Now, to look on the feathers of all manner of birds, you 
shall see some so low, weak, and short, some so coarse, 
stoore, and hard, and the ribs BO brickie, thin, and narrow, 
that it can neither be drawn, pared, nor yet will set on. 
Ascham, Toxophilua (ed. 1864), p. 123. 
3. Austere ; harsh ; severe ; violent ; turbulent : 
said of persons or their words or actions. 
O stronge lady stoore, what dost thow? 
Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 1123. 
Thenne ho get hym god-day, & wyth a glent laged, 
& as ho stod, ho Btonyed hym wyth ful stor wordez. 
Sir Oatmyne and the Green Kniyht (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1291. 
Stowre of conversacyon, estourdy. Palsgrave. 
4. Harsh; deep-toned. Halliitell. 
[Obsolete or provincial in all uses.] 
stoor 2 (stor), . [Also stour; < ME. storen, < 
AS. as if *storian, a var. of styrian = MLG. sto- 
ren, etc., move, stir: see stir 1 and steer 3 , dou- 
blets of stoor 2 .] I. intrans. 1. To move; stir. 
Halliwell. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Loke ye store not of that stedd, 
Whedur y be quyck or dedd. 
MS. Cantab. Vt. II. 38, 1. 191. (II all, mil., 
2. To move actively; keep stirring. [Prov. 
Eng.] 3. To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, 
etc. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. trans. 1. To stir up, as liquor. [Prov. Eng. 
and Scotch.] Hence 2. To pour; especially, 
to pour leisurely out of any vessel held high. 
[Scotch.] 3. To sprinkle. Jamieson. [Scotch.] 
stoor 2 (stor), . [Also stour; < stoor 2 , r. Cf. 
stir 1 , ti. In some senses confused in the spelling 
stour with stour 3 .'] 1. Stir; bustle; agitation; 
contention. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
An infinite cockneydom of stoor and din. 
Carlyle, in Fronde, i. 181. 
2. Dust in motion; hence, also, dust at rest. 
[Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Our ancient crown 'a fa'n in the dust 
De'il blin' them wi' the stoure o 't. 
Burns, Awa', Whigs, Awa'. 
3. A gush of water. Jamieson; Ha llitccll (under 
stour, stowre). [Scotch.] 4. Spray. [Scotch.] 
5. A sufficient quantity of yeast for brewing. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
Stoor 3 t, n. A Middle English form of store 3 . 
stoorey (sto'ri), . [Cf. stoor 2 , ., 5.] A mix- 
ture of warm beer and oatmeal stirred up with 
sugar. [Prov. Eng.] 
stoornesst (stor'nes), . [Alsostornas; <ME. 
stowrnes, stowrencs ; < stoor 1 + -ness. ] Strength ; 
power. 
And Troiell, the tru knight, trayturly he slogh, 
Noght thurgh etourenes of strokes, ne with strenght one. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 10345. 
stoory (sto'ri), a. [Also stoury, stowry; < stoor-, 
n., 2, + -yl.] Dusty. [Scotch.] 
An aye she took the tither souk, 
To drouk the stowrie tow. 
Burns, I Bought my Wife a Stane of Lint. 
stooth (stoth), . [Early mod. E. stothe; prob. < 
Icel. stoth = Sw. stod, a post ; cf . AS. studu, > ME. 
stode, E. stud, a post, etc. : see stud 1 ."] A stud ; 
a post; a batten. [Obsolete or provincial.] 
For settinge in ij. stothes and mendyng the wall of the 
receiver's chalmer over the stare. 
Bowden Roll (1552), in Fabric Rolls of York Minster, 
[p. 355. (E. Peacock.) 
StOOth (stoth), . t. [< stooth, .] To lath and 
plaster. Halliwell; Jamieson. [Prov. Eng. 
and Scotch.] 
Stop 
StOOthing (stii'thing), H. [< *'/* + -iiig'i, or 
a var. of studding, accom. to atootli.'} Studding; 
battening. 
Stop 1 (stop), r. ; pret. and pp. xlii)i)icil, ppr. stop- 
liini/. [< ME. stopprtt, xtnppien, < AS. xtoji/iidii 
(in comp. for-etoppian), stop up, = OS. stup- 
poit = MD. I), stoppen = MLG. LG. stoy)/. 
stuff, cram, = OHG. stoffmi, stoppon, MHG. 
G. slopfcii, stoppi'n = Icel. Sw. stoppa = Dan. 
itn/i/ie, stop. () According to the usual view, 
= OF. estoupcr, F. etnupcr = OSp. estopar = 
It. stoppare, stop up with tow, < LL. stupare, 
xtuppare, stop up with tow, cram, stop, < L.stupu, 
xtn/>i>a = Gr. cri-ii, ari'TTTrr/, coarse part of flax, 
hards, oakum, tow: see stxpa, stupe 1 , (b) But 
this explanation, which suits phonetically, is on 
grounds of meaning somewhat doubtful ; it does 
not appear from the early instances of the verb 
that the sense 'stop with tow,' 'stuff,' is the 
original. The similarity with the L. and Rom. 
forms may be accidental, and the Teut. verb 
may be different (though mingled with the 
other), and connected with OHG. gtophon, 
MHG. stupfen, stiipfen, pierce, and so ult. with 
E. stump. Cf. stuff, v., derived, through the F., 
from the same Teut. source.] I. trans. 1. To 
close up, as a hole, passage, or cavity, by fill- 
ing, stuffing, plugging, or otherwise obstruct- 
ing ; block up ; choke : as, to stop a vent or a 
channel. 
Ther is an eddre thet is y-hote ine latin aspis, thet is of 
/.iiiclii- kende thet hi etoppeth thet on eare mid erthe, and 
thet other mid hare tayle. thet hi ne yhere thane channere. 
Auenbite of Jnwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 257. 
Imperious Cjesar, dead, and turn'd to clay, 
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away. 
Shalt., Hamlet, v. 1. 237. 
Mountains of ice, that stop the imagined way, 
Beyond Petsora eastward, to the rich 
Cathaian coast. Milton, \: \... \. 291. 
2. To make close or tight ; close with or as with 
a compressible substance, or a lid or stopper: 
as, to stop a bottle with a cork; hence, to stanch. 
The eldest and wysest at Geball were they that mended 
and stopped thy shippes. Bible of 1551, Ezek. xxvii. 9. 
Have by some surgeon, Shylock. on your charge, 
To stop his wounds, lest he do bleed to death. 
Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 258. 
Children yet 
Unborn will stop their ears when thou art nam'd. 
Beau, and Fl., Laws of Candy, v. 1. 
This place [a Maronlte convent] is famous for excellent 
wine, which they preserve, as they do in all these parts, 
in large earthen jars, close stopped down with clay. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 103. 
3. To shut up ; inclose ; confine. 
Forth! yf combes ronke of hony weep, 
Three dayes stopped up atte home hem [bees] keep. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 138. 
Whatever spirit . . . leaves the fair at large 
Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake bis sins, 
Be stopp'd in vials, or traiistix'd with pins. 
Pope, R. of the L., ii. 126. 
4. To hinder from progress or procedure; cause 
to cease moving, going, acting, working, or the 
like; impede; check; head off; arrest: as, to 
stop a car; to stop a ball; to stop a clock; to 
stop a thief. 
"How dare you stop my errand?" he says; 
"My orders you must obey." 
Child Nory/x (Child's Ballads, II. 41). 
Did they exert themselves to help onward the great 
movement of the human race, or to stop it? 
Macaulay, Sir J. Mackintosh. 
5. To hold back, as from a specified course, 
purpose, end, or the like; restrain; hinder: fol- 
lowed by from (obsolete or dialectal of). 
No man shall stop me of this boasting. 2 Cor. xi. 10. 
Thus does he poison, kill, and slay, . . . 
Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey. 
Burns, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
6. To prevent the continuance of; suppress; 
extinguish ; bring to an end : as, to stop a leak. 
Thei putten here hondes upon his mouthe, and stoppen 
his Brethe, and so the! sleeii him. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 201. 
If there be any love to my deservings 
Borne by her virtuous self, I cannot stop it. 
Beau, and Fl., Knight of Burning Pestle, i. 1. 
7. To check or arrest by anticipation. 
The grief . 
that etiips his answer. 
Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1664. 
Every bold sinner, when about to engage in the commis- 
sion of any known sin, shonld . . . flop the execution of 
his purpose with this question : Do I believe that God has 
denounced death to such a practice, or do I not? 
South. (Johnson.) 
8. To keep back; withhold. 
Do you mean to stop any of William's wages, about the 
sack he lost the other day at Hinckley fair? 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 1. 24. 
