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goblet


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Goblet  \Gob"let\,  n.  [F.  gobelet,  LL  gobeletus  gobellus  cf 
  L.  cupa  tub,  cask.  See  {Cupel}.] 
  A  kind  of  cup  or  drinking  vessel  having  a  foot  or  standard, 
  but  without  a  handle. 
 
  We  love  not  loaded  boards  and  goblets  crowned. 
  --Denham. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  goblet 
  n  1:  a  drinking  glass  with  a  base  and  stem 
  2:  a  bowl-shaped  drinking  vessel;  especially  the  Eucharistic 
  cup  [syn:  {chalice}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Goblet 
  a  laver  or  trough  for  washing  garments.  In  Cant.  7:2,  a  bowl  or 
  drinking  vessel,  a  bowl  for  mixing  wine;  in  Ex  24:6,  a 
  sacrificial  basin.  (See  {CUP}.) 
 




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