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A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.] Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.

been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Milk sugar. (P…

Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

nts; specif. (Eng.), esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.

ually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. Pope. Of sense and outward things. Wordsworth.

f going to the seashore in summer. Sobriety hath by use obtained to signify temperance in drinking. Jer. Taylor. The Theodosian code, several hundred years after Justinian's time, did obtain in the western parts of Europe. Baker.

To exceed in drinking.

The act of drinking excessively; a drinking bout. [Obs.]

Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

A sentiment to which assent is given by drinking one's health; a toast; a health. Dead pledge. Etym: [A translation of LL. mortuum vadium.] (Law) A mortgage. See Mortgage. -- Living pledge. Etym: [A translation of LL. vivum vadium.] (Law) The conveyance of an estate to another for money borrowed, to be held by him unt…

Having the shape of a goblet or drinking cup.

A tall drinking cup.

ack. -- Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage. -- Pot companion, a companion in drinking. -- Pot hanger, a pothook. -- Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. -- Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that wil…

The act of drinking. Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to drinking. Ld. Lytton.

The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup. [Obs.] The lovely sorceress mixed, and to the prince Health, peace, and joy propined. C. Smart.