| Cup |
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. |
| Cup |
n. |
The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. |
| Cup |
n. |
Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. |
| Cup |
n. |
That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. |
| Cup |
n. |
Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. |
| Cup |
n. |
A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. |
| Cup |
v. t. |
To supply with cups of wine. |
| Cup |
v. t. |
To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping. |
| Cup |
v. t. |
To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw. |
| Cup |
|
A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator. |
| Cup shake |
|
A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots. |
| Cup-gall |
n. |
A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall. |
| Cup-moss |
n. |
A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia. |
| Cup-rose |
n. |
Red poppy. See Cop-rose. |
| Cupbearer |
n. |
One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment. |
| Cupbearer |
n. |
One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. |
| Cupboard |
n. |
A board or shelf for cups and dishes. |
| Cupboard |
n. |
A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. |
| Cupboard |
v. t. |
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. |
| Cupel |
n. |
A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). |
| Cupel |
v. t. |
To refine by means of a cupel. |
| Cupellation |
n. |
The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. |
| Cupelled |
imp. & p. p. |
of Cupel |
| Cupelling |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Cupel |
| Cupful |
n. |
As much as a cup will hold. |
| Cupfuls |
pl. |
of Cupful |
| Cupid |
n . |
The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow. |
| Cupidity |
n. |
A passionate desire; love. |
| Cupidity |
n. |
Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness |
| Cupola |
n. |
A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome. |
| Cupola |
n. |
A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. |
| Cupola |
n. |
A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity,
used chiefly in foundries and steel works. |
| Cupola |
n. |
A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. |
| Cupola |
n. |
The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear. |
| Cupolas |
pl. |
of Cupola |
| Cupped |
imp. & p. p. |
of Cup |
| Cupper |
n. |
One who performs the operation of cupping. |
| Cupping |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Cup |
| Cupping |
n. |
The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. |
| Cuppy |
a. |
Hollow; cuplike; also, full of cups, or small depressions. |
| Cuppy |
a. |
Characterized by cup shakes;
said of timber. |
| Cupreous |
a. |
Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery. |
| Cupric |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper;
said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion. |
| Cupriferous |
a. |
Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver. |
| Cuprite |
n. |
The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals. |
| Cuproid |
n. |
A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles. |
| Cuprous |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper;
said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion. |
| Cuprum |
n. |
Copper. |
| Cupulate |
a. |
Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous. |
| Cupule |
n. |
A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. |
| Cupule |
n. |
A sucker or acetabulum. |
| Cupuliferous |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples,
trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule. |
