Cup

kup, n. A small drinking ve el; contents of a cup; cupful; a drink composed of wine iced and flavored that which must be endured portion lot. (Surg.) A cupping-gla , pi. Repeated potations revelry drunkenne . — v. [cupped (kupt), cupping.] To supply with cups. (Surg.) To bleed by scarification and a cupping-gla . [AS. cuppe, L. cup a, vat, cask, Gr. kupellon, cup, kupe, a hollow, Skr. kupa, a well, hollow. See Coop.] — Cup'ping, n. (Surg.) Operation of drawing blood with a cupping-gla . — Cup'ping gla , n. A gla cup to be applied to the skin, to draw blood by exhausting the air. — Cup-bearer, n. One who and hands the cups at an entertainment. — Cup'board, kub'Srd, n. A closet with shelves, for cups, plates, etc. — Cu'pel, n. A small ve el used in refining precious metals; a shallow crucible. — Cupel', v. To separate by means of a cupel; refine. [L. cupella, dim. of cup a.] — Cupella'- tion, n. The analyzing or refining of gold, silver, etc., in a cupel. — Cu'pol a, n. pi. -las, -laz. (Arch.) A spherical vault on the top of an edifice. The round top of a furnace; the furnace itself. fr. L. cupula, a cask, dim. of cup a.] — Cu'pule, -pul, n. (Bot.) A little cup, as of the acorn. (Nat. Hist.) A fleshy concave disk by which cuttlefish, etc., grasp and cling.