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ˈdew-cup
[f. dew n. + cup.]
1. The early morning allowance of beer to harvest-men.
1847–78Halliwell s.v. Dew-drink, Called the dew-cup in Hants. 1883in Hampsh. Gloss.
2. The plant called Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris).
1799Ess. Highl. Soc. III. 389 (Jam.) Giving them a decoction of the Dewcup and Healing leaf boiled in buttermilk. 1813Hogg Queen's Wake ii. Wks. (1876) 21 He thought..of sleeping in the dew-cups eye. 1818― Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 183 They [fairies] 'll hae to..gang away an' sleep in their dew-cups..till the gloaming come on again. |