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Stour vs Stoup - What's the difference?

stour | stoup |

In obsolete terms the difference between stour and stoup

is that stour is a time of struggle or stress while stoup is a bucket.

As nouns the difference between stour and stoup

is that stour is a stake while stoup is a bucket.

As an adjective stour

is tall; large; stout.

As an adverb stour

is severely; strongly.

As a verb stour

is alternative form of lang=en.

stour

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) stoor, . Compare also (l), (l).

Alternative forms

* stoor, stoore, stoure, (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (now, rare, outside, dialects) Tall; large; stout.
  • (now, rare, outside, dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
    • O stronge lady stoor , what doest thou? --Chaucer.
  • (now, rare, outside, dialects) Bold; audacious.
  • (now, rare, outside, dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
  • (now, rare, outside, dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
  • (now, rare, outside, dialects, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Severely; strongly.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stoure, stourre, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stake.
  • A round of a ladder.
  • A stave in the side of a wagon.
  • A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) stour, . More at (storm).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) An armed battle or conflict.
  • *, Book V:
  • *:Then there began a passyng harde stoure , for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.
  • *1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xv:
  • *:This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour , / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.
  • (label) A time of struggle or stress.
  • *, I.ii:
  • *:Then gan she waile and weepe, to see that woefull stowre .
  • Tumult, commotion; confusion.
  • A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest.

    • Verb

    (en verb)

    • Anagrams

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    stoup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A bucket.
  • (archaic) A mug or drinking vessel.
  • *1602 , (William Shakespeare), , act V scene 2:
    • Set me the stoups of wine upon that table.
  • A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church.
  • *1936 , (Djuna Barnes), Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 26:
  • *:He was seen [...] bathing in the holy water stoup as if he were its single and beholden bird, pushing aside weary French maids and local tradespeople with the impatience of a soul in physical distress.
  • *1980 , (Anthony Burgess), Earthly Powers :
  • *:But, though I liked Morgan well enough, I did not greatly care for his smell, which, incredibly, considering his agnosticism, was not unlike that of stale water in a church stoup .
  • *1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 810:
  • *:She saw nobody for the moment so that she entered the church formally dipping her fingers in the holy water stoup and signing herself.

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