drinking-vessel

There was some sort of glass drinking-vessel, cracked in half - and two or three funny objects so spoilt by sea-water that no one could possibly say what they were.

Five On A Treasure Island Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1967

These were in the shape of a horn, the primitive drinking-vessel, and had commonly a hole at the point, to be closed with the finger, until the drinker, raising it above his mouth, suffered the liquor to flow in a stream from the orifice.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

These chickens occupy two good-sized rooms, whose walls are entirely covered with compartments, some two feet square, in each of which resides a cock, with his little perch and drinking-vessel.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

Under that building which we pass every day there are strong dungeons, where neither hook, nor bar, nor bed-cord, nor drinking-vessel from which

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Various

It was a custom to make a drinking-vessel of the skull of some famous chieftain amongst the enemy when he was killed in battle.

Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson

Hungarian drinking-vessel, the 'notis' and cakes made of maize cooked in cream.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

This, though an inconvenient, seems to have been a common drinking-vessel.

Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

Broichan had been suddenly stricken by an angel sent for the purpose; and as if he had been taking his dram in a modern gin-palace, we are told that the drinking-glass, or glass drinking-vessel, "vitrea bibera," which he was conveying to his lips, was smashed in pieces, and he himself seized with deadly sickness.

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

At first glance there seemed to be nothing amiss; but the owner of the farm was dancing; he was trying to seize first the mango, then the drinking-vessel.

Rainbow's End Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

She looked round sharply to see the old snake-charmer, bent nearly double with age and humility, meekly offering her a small brass drinking-vessel.

The Swindler and Other Stories 1910