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(kp), n.[AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky°ph hut, Skr. kpa 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 use Cup v. t.[imp. & p. p.Cupped (kpt); 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. Grease cock or cup}. (Mach.) A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator. スポンサード リンク
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