2. Descent, as from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or
position of humiliation.
Can any loyal subject see With patience such a stoop from sovereignty
Dryden.
3. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. L'Estrange.
STOOPER
Stoop"er, n.
Defn: One who stoops.
STOOPING
Stoop"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Stoop.
— Stoop"ing*ly, adv.
STOOR
Stoor, v. i. Etym: [Cf. D. storen to disturb. Cf. Stir.]
Defn: To rise in clouds, as dust. [Prov. Eng.]
STOOR; STOR
Stoor, Stor, a. Etym: [AS. stor; akin to LG. stur, Icel. storr.]
Defn: Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious. [Obs. or Scot.]
O stronge lady stoor, what doest thou Chaucer.