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ma·zer

(mā′zər)

A large drinking bowl or goblet made of metal or hard wood.

[Middle English, from Old French masere, kind of wood, maple burl, of Germanic origin.]

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mazer

(ˈmeɪzə) ,

mazard

mazzard

obsolete a large hardwood drinking bowl

[C12: from Old French masere, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse mösurr maple]

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ma•zer

(ˈmeɪ zər)

n.

a large drinking bowl made orig. of wood.

[1150–1200; Middle English: kind of wood (probably maple), Old English mæser-; c. Middle High German maser maple, drinking cup, Old Norse mǫsurr maple]

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