Cup

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To supply with cups of wine.

II. Cup ·noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.

III. Cup ·noun Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.

IV. Cup ·vt To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

V. Cup ·add. ·- A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.

VI. Cup ·noun That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.

VII. Cup ·noun Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.

VIII. Cup ·noun A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

IX. Cup ·vt To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. ·see Cupping.

X. Cup ·noun 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.

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