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mazer
[ mey-zer ]
noun
- a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.
mazer
/ ˈmæzəd; ˈmeɪzə /
noun
- obsolete.a large hardwood drinking bowl
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mazer1
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Example Sentences
The connection between mazers and magic is not obvious, but in 1501 when John Richardson, a parish clerk, lost a mazer worth 26s.
The Mazer continued in use to the seventeenth century, when it was still a favourite with the humbler classes.
Now drink we, quod he, of this mazer and quaff ye this mead which is not indeed parcel of my body but my soul's bodiment.
I give and bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth Wellyfed 40, three goblets without a cover, a mazer, and a nut.
Spenser speaks in his Shepheard's Calendar of "a mazer yrought of the maple wood."
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