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mazer

mazer

1 9.9
A large wooden bowl used for drinking in the Middle Ages
  • noun
  • /ˈmeɪzər/
  • Archaic
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  • So Brogan demanded that each man past 13 put his mark on a chicken bone, and they gathered the bones together in a mazer and, from the mazer, one bone was chosen, and it fell to the man who now lives on Dead Man's Mountain.

Examples

  • In the museum, visitors admired the ancient mazer that belonged to a medieval king.

  • So Brogan demanded that each man past 13 put his mark on a chicken bone, and they gathered the bones together in a mazer and, from the mazer, one bone was chosen, and it fell to the man who now lives on Dead Man's Mountain.

    The Last Sin Eater (2007)

  • The missing girl. Norma Fox Mazer.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Mazer?

    To the Ends of Time (1996)

  • During the feast, the guests drank mead from a beautifully carved mazer made of oak.

  • At the reenactment, actors served ale in a traditional wooden mazer to enhance the historical experience.

Synonyms

krater
vsmazer
  • Specialized
9.9

A large ancient Greek bowl used to mix wine and water at parties

is a large wooden drinking bowl used in medieval times rather than a mixing vessel
rummer
vsmazer
  • Archaic
9.9

A large drinking glass with an egg-shaped bowl on a stem used for toasts

is a large wooden bowl rather than a stemmed drinking vessel

Surface Forms

mazer singular
mazers plural

Etymology

Mazer comes from an Old English word mæser that meant 'knot' or 'burl' in wood, the knobbly, figured part people liked to carve. So a mazer became the name for a large drinking bowl made from that special piece of hardwood.