The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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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.
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The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
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A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
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A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
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A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.
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A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
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A small cup from which to drink tea.
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A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.
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One who, or that which, contains.
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Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.
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To inclose. See Inclose.
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A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
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Whole.
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To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…
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The act of bending, or curving.
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To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…
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To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.
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That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
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A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…
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To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected i…
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An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.
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A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.
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As much as a cup will hold.
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To pour, as liquid, out of one vessel into another; to transfer by pouring.
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