n.; pl.Scyphi [ L., a cup, Gr. sky`fos. ] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. (b) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers. ] A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers. ] A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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