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See Cupel.

One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

Cupel dust. [Obs.] Powder of steel, or copple dust. Bacon.

lete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-à-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.

An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil.

A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as Acetabulum.

Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone.

A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.

One whose occupation is to tend cows.

aring in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold. American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West (Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order (Primulaceæ) with the English cowslip. -- French cowslip (Bot.), be…

furtive graces. W. Irving. Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. Goldsmith.

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25. A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson. Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nation…

One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.

A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.

To furnish with, or as with, cream. Creaming the fragrant cups. Mrs. Whitney. To cream butter (Cooking), to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency.

A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

- Crown antler (Zoöl.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. -- Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. -- Crown glass. See under Glass. -- Crown imperial. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown je…

A cup or dish. Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3.