A small vessel of capacity, used commonly to drink out of. It is usually made of metal; as a silver cup; a tin cup. But the name is also given to vessels of like shape used for other purposes. It is usually more deep than wide; but tea-cups and coffee-cups are often exceptions.

The contents of a cup; the liquor contained in a cup, or that it may contain; as a cup of beer. See 7 Corinthians 11:25-28.

In a scriptural sense, sufferings and afflictions; that which is to be received or endured. O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Matthew 26:39.

Good received; blessings and favors. My cup runneth over. Psalm 23:5. Take the cup of salvation, that is, receive the blessings of deliverance and redemption with joy and thanksgiving.

Any thing hollow like a cup; as the cup of an acorn. The bell of a flower, and a calyx is called a flower-cup.

A glass cup or vessel used for drawing blood in scarification. Cup and can, familiar companions; the can being the large vessel out of which the cup is filled, and thus the two being constantly associated. Cups, in the plural, social entertainment in drinking; merry bout. Thence from cups to civil broils.

In surgery, to apply a cupping-glass to procure a discharge of blood from a scarified part of the body.

To supply with cups.