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| Cup |
[AS.
cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask;
cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k pa pit,
hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. Coop, Cupola,
Cowl a water vessel, and Cob, |
A small vessel, used
commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver
cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the
pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a
saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.
The contents of such a vessel; a
cupful.
Repeated potations; social
or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks;
revelry.
That which is to be received or
indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
Anything shaped like a cup; as, the
cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
A cupping glass or other
vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in
cupping.
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To supply
with cups of wine.
To apply a cupping
apparatus to] to subject to the operation of cupping. See
Cupping.
To make concave or in
the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a
screw.
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