Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A large drinking-goblet, especially the vessel from which the chief guest at an entertainment or the presiding dignitary was served.
  • noun Hence A vessel of precious material, as silver or silver gilt, fitted with a cover, from which the taster drank a little wine taken from the hanap.
  • noun In the fifteenth century, a measure, especially for wine, ale, and the like. It is forbidden, on the ground that it is not a fixed measure, by a regulation of Henry IV.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A rich goblet, esp. one used on state occasions.

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  • noun obsolete A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions.

Etymologies

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From French hanap.

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Examples

  • I'll line it up sa mga pending ko ha? tsaka hanap pa ako ng pic na puedeng pang cover. anganda naman ni manay cheh!! happy valentine's day * mwah* thanks for dropping by and this meme. why your hubby doesn't want his face around the blogosphere? hehe. moderately-confused pinay in deutschland is proudly powered by

    moderately-confused pinay in deutschland 2008

  • The goblet was filled with Malvoisie: it held about three quarts; a precious golden hanap carved by the cunning artificer, Benvenuto the Florentine.

    Burlesques 2006

  • The goblet was filled with Malvoisie: it held about three quarts; a precious golden hanap carved by the cunning artificer, Benvenuto the Florentine.

    A Legend of the Rhine 2006

  • The hanap frequently occurs in wills and inventories of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.

    Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Various

  • "Je devise a ma joefne fille Isabel Bardolf en cide de lui marier un _hanap_ plat door."

    Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Various

  • Now I cannot find _hanap_ in any dictionary to which I have access; but I find _hanaper_ in every one.

    Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 Various

  • But I cannot distinctly connect the _hanap_ of the exhibition with _hanaper_: and I perhaps ought to look in another direction for its true signification and etymology.

    Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 Various

  • "Item, un hanap d ore covere del ovrage d un _kyrymyry_ et iij scochons des armes d Engleterre et de Franuce en le sumet."

    Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Various

  • While they sang a hymn in praise of King Gradlon, one of the choristers, provided with a flagon of wine, a napkin, and golden hanap, mounted on the crupper of King

    Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser

  • "Un hanap a pee de la veille fazon quillere et cymelle el founz du pois xxix, du pris xl."

    Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Various

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  • I thought hanap meant a goblet with a lid

    April 16, 2009

  • A chalice will serve for a nip,

    A rhyton ennobles the lip,

    But no vessel can cap

    The majestic hanap -

    The cup of the right royal sip.

    January 15, 2016

  • When I have a nap I sometimes drop a few letters.

    January 16, 2016

  • My postman has the same problem, dammit!

    January 16, 2016

  • Is there such a vessel as a hahanap or is that too remote (moat) a possibility?

    January 16, 2016