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Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr[=a]"t[~e]r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a
mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr.
keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to
cook, [,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a
geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
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2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a bomb, shell, or
mine.
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3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
called also the {Cup}.
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Cup \Cup\ (k[u^]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa
tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[=u]pa pit, hollow,
OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel,
and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.]
1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin
cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern
times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a
handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and
the like.
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2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
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Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak.
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3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in
intoxicating drinks; revelry.
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Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton.
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4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is
allotted to one; a portion.
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O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass
from me. --Matt. xxvi.
39.
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5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of
a flower.
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The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone.
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6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used
to produce the vacuum in cupping.
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{Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on
the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by
a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the
cup; bilboquet. --Milman.

{Cup and can}, familiar companions.

{Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet
cupping. See under {Cupping}.

{To be in one's cups}, to be drunk.
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Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cupping}.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
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Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
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2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See {Cupping}.
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3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
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