Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An incense-burner, small and of simple form.
  • noun One of a class of small pottery vessels, such as are found in prehistoric graves. Their use is unknown.

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Examples

  • The false god has been placed upon the altar, the temple all shining with gems and gold has been built around him, the incense-cup is already swinging; nothing will now turn the idolater from her worship, nothing short of a miracle.

    The Three Clerks 2004

  • The false god has been placed upon the altar, the temple all shining with gems and gold has been built around him, the incense-cup is already swinging; nothing will now turn the idolater from her worship, nothing short of a miracle.

    The Three Clerks Anthony Trollope 1848

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