mazer

[ mey-zer ]

/ ˈmeɪ zər /

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noun

a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.

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Origin of mazer

1150–1200; Middle English: kind of wood (probably maple), Old English mæser- (in adj. mæseren, equivalent to mæser maple + -en-en²); cognate with Old Norse mǫsurr maple, Middle High German maser maple, drinking cup

Words nearby mazer

Mazatlán, Mazda, Mazdaism, maze, mazel tov, mazer, mazey, mazopathia, mazopathy, Mazu, mazuma

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How to use mazer in a sentence

The connection between mazers and magic is not obvious, but in 1501 when John Richardson, a parish clerk, lost a mazer worth 26s.
Medival Byways|Louis F. Salzmann
The Mazer continued in use to the seventeenth century, when it was still a favourite with the humbler classes.
Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present|John Timbs
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.
Ulysses|James Joyce
I give and bequeath unto my sister Elizabeth Wellyfed 40, three goblets without a cover, a mazer, and a nut.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)|James Anthony Froude

Spenser speaks in his Shepheard's Calendar of "a mazer yrought of the maple wood."
Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for mazer

mazer

mazard or mazzard (ˈmæzəd)

/ (ˈmeɪzə) /

noun

obsolete a large hardwood drinking bowl

Word Origin for mazer

C12: from Old French masere, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse mösurr maple

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