ˈcupping-glass
[f. prec.]
A glass vessel or ‘cup’ with an open mouth to be applied to the skin in the operation of cupping: see cupping 1.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth of Mankynde H h vij, Cupping glasses, set vpon or vnder the brestes. a 1625 Beaum. & Fl. Bloody Brother iv. ii, Still at their books, they will not be pulled off; They stick like cupping-glasses. 1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1054 The part affected must be cut..and the poyson drawn forth with Cupping-glasses. 1811 A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) 199 Leeches..are applied..to places where cupping-glasses cannot be applied. |