grace cup
a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final health or toast.
the drink passed.
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How to use grace cup in a sentence
When they had nearly finished, Gowrie returned to them in the hall, and sent round a grace-cup, in which all pledged the King.
James VI and the Gowrie Mystery | Andrew LangFinally he sent Gowrie into the hall, with the grace-cup for the gentlemen, and then called the Master.
James VI and the Gowrie Mystery | Andrew LangThe grace-cup was shortly after served round, and the guests marshalled to their sleeping apartment.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII | VariousAfter which a grace-cup, and then all took their leave, Master Park being last to go as to come.
Joyce Morrell's Harvest | Emily Sarah HoltIn after times the last cup was called, after her, St. Margaret's cup, or the grace-cup.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II | Charlotte Mary Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for grace cup
a cup, as of wine, passed around at the end of the meal for the final toast
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