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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. |
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To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume
a position of humility or subjection. |
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To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend. |
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To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to
souse; to swoop. |
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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. |
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To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a
cask of liquor. |
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To cause to submit; to prostrate. |
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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. |
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Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an
act or position of humiliation. |
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The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. |
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