† cup-shotten, a. Obs.
= prec., being the earlier form.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 7560 Als þey were..wel cuppe-schoten, knyght & kyng. 1529 More Dyaloge i. xxiii. Wks. 153 If a maide be suffred to ronne on the brydle, or be cup shotten, or wax to prowde. 1603 Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 624 Store of wine had made his companions cuppe-shotten. a 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxxviii. 318 Cupshotten and swilling fool. |