7 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grease cock \Grease cock\ or cup \cup\ . (Mach.)
A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai
to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook,
[,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a
geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
called also the {Cup}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cupping}.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See {Cupping}.
3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cup \Cup\ (k[u^]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa
tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[=u]pa pit, hollow,
OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel,
and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.]
1. 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.
2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak.
3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in
intoxicating drinks; revelry.
Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton.
4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is
allotted to one; a portion.
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me. --Matt. xxvi.
39.
5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of
a flower.
The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone.
6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used
to produce the vacuum in cupping.
{Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on
the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by
a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the
cup; bilboquet. --Milman.
{Cup and can}, familiar companions.
{Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet
cupping. See under {Cupping}.
{To be in one's cups}, to be drunk.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cup
n 1: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
2: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee";
"he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: {cupful}]
3: a small open container usually used for drinking; usually
has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the
handle of the cup was missing"
4: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a
trophy to the winner of a competition; "the school kept
the cups is a special glass case" [syn: {loving cup}]
5: any cup-shaped concavity; "bees filled the waxen cups with
honey"; "he wore a jock strap with a metal cup"; "the cup
of her bra"
6: the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green;
"he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away";
"put the flag back in the cup"
7: a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
8: cup-shaped plant organ
v 1: form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands"
2: put into a cup; "cup the milk"
3: treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin [syn:
{transfuse}]
[also: {cupping}, {cupped}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Cup
a wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on
Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels
were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New
Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and were
sometimes of gold (Rev. 17:4).
The art of divining by means of a cup was practiced in Egypt
(Gen. 44:2-17), and in the East generally.
The "cup of salvation" (Ps. 116:13) is the cup of thanksgiving
for the great salvation. The "cup of consolation" (Jer. 16:7)
refers to the custom of friends sending viands and wine to
console relatives in mourning (Prov. 31:6). In 1 Cor. 10:16, the
"cup of blessing" is contrasted with the "cup of devils" (1 Cor.
10:21). The sacramental cup is the "cup of blessing," because of
blessing pronounced over it (Matt. 26:27; Luke 22:17). The
"portion of the cup" (Ps. 11:6; 16:5) denotes one's condition of
life, prosperous or adverse. A "cup" is also a type of sensual
allurement (Jer. 51:7; Prov. 23:31; Rev. 17:4). We read also of
the "cup of astonishment," the "cup of trembling," and the "cup
of God's wrath" (Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Lam. 4:21;
Ezek. 23:32; Rev. 16:19; comp. Matt. 26:39, 42; John 18:11). The
cup is also the symbol of death (Matt. 16:28; Mark 9:1; Heb.
2:9).
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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