zegadinehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zegadine_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezegadine, n.
Revised 2018

zegadinenoun

rare (chiefly historical) after 17th cent.
  1. 1651–
    A large two-handled drinking cup, typically made of silver, of a type traditionally used in certain Oxford colleges. Cf. ox-eye cup n.
    1. 1651
      Oft have we discours'd 'ore a Zegedine Of Double, and now and then a pot of wine.
      C. Barksdale, Nympha Libethris iv. xlv. 91
    2. a1668
      Other Plates given by Commoners... Mag.: Price. a Bedmaker in the colledge..the 5th Zegadine of 5li price.
      in MS Balliol Coll. Oxford Arch. Plate Rec. 2 f. 59v
    3. a1690
      Given to the King in the year. 1642..Silver plate..05. Great two eard pots: called Zegardines.
      in MS Balliol Coll. Oxford Arch. Plate Rec. 2 f. 83v
    4. 1963
      College Cup for Balliol College, Oxford, 1963: a new adaptation of an old type of design, known in this college as a 'Zegadine'. Given by the Glover family to celebrate the college's 700th anniversary.
      Connoisseur October 103/2 (caption)
    5. 2004
      A search through the New College long books reveals the presence of zegadines in 1657.
      H. M. Clifford, Treasured Inheritance 31/2

zegadine, n. was revised in June 2018.

zegadine, n. was last modified in September 2024.