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mazer

[ mey-zer ]

noun

  1. a large metal drinking bowl or cup, formerly of wood.


mazer

/ ˈmeɪzə; ˈmæzəd /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a large hardwood drinking bowl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mazer1

1150–1200; Middle English: kind of wood (probably maple), Old English æ- (in adj. æ, equivalent to æ maple + -en -en 2 ); cognate with Old Norse ǫܰ maple, Middle High German maser maple, drinking cup
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mazer1

C12: from Old French masere, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse öܰ maple
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Example Sentences

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Mr. Lyon is also Enlightenment’s lead mazer, which is what you call a person who makes mead.

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Each time, Bear, with great dexterity, seemed to offer him the mazer, but at the last moment, tossed it high.

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West Mercia Police described the dark wood cup as a "medieval mazer bowl" and "a wooden cup/chalice", and that it was kept in a blue velvet bag.

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The relic she treasures above all, however, is a gold "mazer," inherited by Mr. Walford through a long line of ancestors.

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It was then regarded as a form of wood, to which the name of “mazer” wood was given on account of its employment in making mazers or goblets.

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