mazer

American  

[mey-zer] / ˈmeɪ zər /

noun

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

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mazer British  

/ ˈmeɪzə, ˈmæzəd /

noun

1. obsolete a large hardwood drinking bowl

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Etymology

Origin of mazer

1150–1200; Middle English: kind of wood (probably maple), Old English mæser- (in adj. mæseren, equivalent to mæser maple + -en -en ² ); cognate with Old Norse mǫsurr maple, Middle High German maser maple, drinking cup

Example Sentences

The young man from whom he'd taken the mazer was a small, one-eyed youth—he wore a patch over his other eye.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

Then, when he stepped forward and snatched a mazer from the hands of one of the onlookers and added it to the revolving mix, there was laughter and applause.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

Though others roared at Bear’s antics, this young man took offense at Bear’s gambols and, with growing anger, made three attempts to snatch his mazer back.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

Each time, Bear, with great dexterity, seemed to offer him the mazer, but at the last moment, tossed it high.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

By God's feast-gazers, said the monk, the porter of our abbey then hath not his head well boiled, for his eyes are as red as a mazer made of an alder-tree.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony