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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 coupe
fig. 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

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