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English Dictionary: goblet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goblet
n
  1. a drinking glass with a base and stem
  2. a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
    Synonym(s): chalice, goblet
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 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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