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Cup
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.
(2):
(n.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.
(3):
(v. t.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
(4):
(v. t.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(n.) The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
(7):
(n.) Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.
(8):
(n.) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.
(9):
(n.) Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.
(10):
(v. t.) To supply with cups of wine.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cup'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cup.html. 1828.
