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6 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 1.6 [wn]: cup n 1: a small open container usually used for drinking; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing" 2: the quantity a cup will hold "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: {cupful}] 3: 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" 4: a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces 5: cup-shaped plant organ 6: punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl 7: 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" 8: a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded to the winner of a competition; "the school kept the cups is a special glass case" [syn: {loving cup}] v 1: form into the shape of a cup; "She cupped her hands" 2: put into a cup 3: treat by cupping [syn: {transfuse}] 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).
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