cupping glass

American  

noun

1. a glass vessel, used in cupping, in which a partial vacuum is created, as by heat.

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cupping glass British  

noun

1. Also called: artificial leech.  archaic med a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting

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Etymology

Origin of cupping glass

First recorded in 1535–45

Example Sentences

Let no one say about me, that Emma Edwardovna is a spider, a vixen, a cupping glass.

From Yama: the pit by Guerney, Bernard Guilbert

He suggested the use of a cupping glass or a syringe, or in case of necessity even of the mouth for this purpose.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

To cup was to apply the cupping glass, which, being a partial vacuum, caused the flesh to puff up in it, and then the lancet was used.

From Palamon and Arcite by Dryden, John

Applying its cupping glass to the mason bee, the worm, without delay, began its meal, which lasts another fortnight.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Much to Simi's alarm we put the cupping glass on him, and the whole party of house servants escorted him to bed, shouting and laughing and dancing as they went.

From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift