mazer
NounUS[mey-zer]/ˈmeɪzɚ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a large hardwood drinking bowlType of bowl
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Maz′er noun
Origin: OE. maser, akin to OD. maser an excrescence on a maple tree, OHG. masar, G. maser spot, Icel. mösurr maple.
A large drinking bowl; — originally made of maple. obsolete
Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring.— Michael Drayton
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54