| Stoop (stoop) |
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| Stoop |
| [D. stoep.]
(Arch.) |
Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house
door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York.
Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen
steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some
distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch,
platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
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A vessel of liquor; a
flagon.
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A post fixed in the earth.
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To bend
the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean
forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume
habitually a bent position.
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by
compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
To descend from rank or dignity; to
condescend.
To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to
pounce; to souse; to swoop.
To sink when on the wing; to
alight.
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To
bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the
body.
To cause to incline downward; to slant; as,
to stoop a cask of liquor.
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
To degrade.
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The
act of stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward;
also, an habitual bend of the back and shoulders.
Descent, as from dignity or superiority;
condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
The fall of a bird on its prey; a
swoop.
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