standing cup
Americannoun
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Pausania, if he had seene this, would haue taken small pleasure to boast of the standing cup which he made to Hipparis.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
And it is probably derived from the Irish "Maeddher," a standing cup, generally of wood, of a quadrangular form, with a handle on each of the sides.
From Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
He left £100 to dower poor maidens, and his best "standing cup" to his brethren, the Merchant Taylors.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
The baby Bess, like babies nowadays, had her christening presents: "By the queen's majesty a great standing cup; Countess of Sussex a standing cup; Earl of Leicester a great bowl."
From The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History by Kingsley, Rose Georgina
"And what said this roundheaded steward of our great Saint Michael's standing cup?"
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
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