See Also: cursitor(dictionary)
CURSITOR BARON, Eng(law)
stoop(2)(dictionary)
stoop(3)(dictionary)
stoop(4)(dictionary)
stoop(1)(dictionary)
stoop(5)(dictionary)
stoop and roop(dictionary)
stoop-gallant(dictionary)
stoop 1, verb(dictionary)

stoop(1) (iou) and cursitor (iou)


stoop(1) (iou)



stoop noun1. [stu:p] Now Scot. & dial. ME.
[from Old Norse stolpi.]
A post, a pillar. ME.
A pillar of coal supporting the roof of a mine. Cf. STOOK noun1 3. M16.
fig. A person who or thing which supports or sustains something or someone. Scot. L16.
The pillory. slang. L18-E19.

cursitor (iou)



cursitor noun. E16.
[Legal Anglo-Norman coursetour from medieval Latin cursitor, from cursus COURSE noun1.]
Each of twenty-four officers of the Court of Chancery who until 1835 made out all the common or routine writs for their respective counties. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
A tramp, a vagabond. M16-E18.
A courier. L16-M17.
Comb.: Cursitor Baron a baron of the former Court of Exchequer appointed for fiscal rather than legal expertise.