dew-cupn.
1. The early morning allowance of beer to harvest-men.
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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words at Dew-drink Called the dew-cup in Hants.
1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words
2. The plant called Lady's Mantle ( Alchemilla vulgaris).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet
agrimonyeOE
padelion?a1300
burnetc1400
sindaw1548
liverwort1566
great sanicle1578
lady's mantle1578
pimpernel1578
goose-chite1597
philanthropos1597
Poterium1597
lion's foot1611
salading-burnet1766
burnet blood-wort1776
dew-cup1799
sanguisorb1846
salad burnet1854
1799 Prize Ess. Highland Soc. III. 389 (Jam.) Giving them a decoction of the Dewcup and Healing leaf boiled in buttermilk.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. x. 119 He thought..Of sleeping in the dew-cup's eye.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 183 They [sc. fairies] 'll hae to..gang away an' sleep in their dew-cups..till the gloaming come again.
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