chaliced, a.
(ˈtʃælɪst)
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
1. Of flowers: Having a cup-like blossom.
| 1611 Shakes. Cymb. ii. iii. 24 His Steeds to water at those Springs on chalic'd Flowres that lyes. 1858 O. W. Holmes Aut. Breakf.-t. (1865) 78 The golden-chaliced crocus burns. 1872 Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 26 The opening in heaven of the chaliced flower of dawn. |
2. Contained in a chalice or cup. Also fig.
| 1836 W. Freshney Rime of Nun 4 To sip again The bitter dregs of chalic'd pain. 1850 Mrs. Browning Poems I. 284 Better loveth he Thy chaliced wine. |