cupwise

adv

adv

Etymology From cup + -wise.

In the form of a cup.

Without a word, she bounded up and flitted off like a brown bird, gleaming dull-golden in the sun, glancing in and out among the trees, till she paused above a tiny black pool, and then came tripping and swaying back with hands held cupwise and dripping with cool water.1911, W. E. B. Du Bois, The Quest of the Silver Fleece:

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