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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coup, Cowp, n.¹ Also: coupe, cowpe, cowip, cowpp-, coupp-, coop. [ME. cowpe, coupe (13th c.), OF. coupe, var. of cupe Cupe n.]

1. A cup.Usually of gold or silver, and frequently having a cover.(a) a1400 Leg. S. ii. 97.
Of the cowp he seruit hym ay Ib. xxvi. 1043.
His fadir … a fare cowpe gert mak c1400 Troy-bk. i. 374.
Cowpis [were] out brought of gold sa clere, One towalle burdys arayit & drest c1450-2 Howlat 776.
He couth cary the cowpe of the kingis des a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 419.
Quhair is … The cowpis all of gold and siluer schene? 1501 Treas. Acc. II. 26.
For mending of ane vice nale of the Kingis cowp that was brokin 1503 Ib. 387.
For ane cowp of silver ourgilt c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 35.
Ane marbre tabile … With ryale cowpis apon rawys full of ryche wynys 1513 Doug. i. xi. 26; etc.
To set on burdis, … And to fill cowpys, goblettis and eweris 1529 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 230.
Ane cowp of siluir double ourgilt with ane covir 1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 409.
Ane schring, with twa cowppis of silwer … with ane cwyr 1555 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 208.
The armes of the twa cowpis quhilkis wer propinit to the Quenis grace and Monsieur Dosel 1564 Reg. Privy C. I. 308.
Ane cowip of silver dowbill oure gilt, with ane cover peirlit with cristallyne within a1586 Lindsay MS. 39.
He that drinkis of ane bouteill or of a pot without peice or cowpe, he is evir rad that it worth les 1617 Thanes of Cawdor 241.
Tua silver futtis for quhit cowpis(b) 1483 Acta Conc. II. Introd. 127.
A coup, a cover, and a pece of silver 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 340.
The gret noblis … had nocht thar coupis nor pesis for plesaunce a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 212.
Wynis went within that wane … In coupis of cleir gold, brichtest of blee 1512 Treas. Acc. IV. 348.
Ane coup … nettit with gold of florising 1531 Bell. Boece II. 38.
King Vortigern drank michtely of the coupe 1551 Hamilton Cat. 211.
The sacrament of a breid and a coupe 1560 Rolland Seven S. 9803.
Require the Empreour … He wald me giue ane coup full of his wine Ib. 9806, etc. 1578 Edinb. Test. VI. 232.
I leue … my sone ane coup of siluer with ane beir coupe 1587-99 Hume vii. 41.
Ou'rgilted coups, with carued couers clear 1603 Montgomery Mem. 248.
For ane coup and ane spoun of silluer 1616 Edinb. Test. XLIX. 81 b.
Tuentie foure coupis and biccaris of silwer 1625 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 345.
[The council] Ordaines the hors rais to be proclemit … and the coup to be maid 1638 Bk. Pasquils 21.
Dumblaine, the criple [bishop], loves the coupefig. 1558-66 Knox I. 472.
That thai should feill … how bytter was the coupe which thai maid otheris to drynk 1581 Burne Disput. 21.
The coup of immortalitie is preparit to al men 1594 Misc. Bann. C. III. 168.
At last, the coup gat ane meit couer: ane tyran fand ane tratour(c) 1602 Colville Parænese 94.
He callit the blood … a coop becaus the contening coop is more patent to our eyis nor the contents tharof 1654 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 683/1.
My sasaphas coope edged about the mouth with silwer

2. Attrib. with almerie, cloth, glass. 1612 Bk. Rates 309.
Cowp glasses for drinking of vyne 1642 Edinb. Test. LX. 145 b.
Ane auld cowpe almerie estimat to xl s. 1646 Ib. LXII. 45 b.
Twa dussane of serviots … four coupe clothes