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Beaker, Becher, Ger., Beher, Butch, Bocal, Fr. .
Ménage derives the Italian Bicchiere from the Greek ßikos, "vas sive uma habens ansas (Eesych). "A beaked cup."" Skinner, "A cup that has a spout." Thomson's Dictionary. In the Langue Romane, Bec signifies a drink.
Did they coin * * *, bowls, and flagons
Int' officers of horse and dragoons ?
And into pikes and musqueteers
Stamp beakers, cups, and porringers ?Hudibras, p.i,c.ii.
He lives, and o'er his brimming beaker boasts.
Cowper^s Task, b. vi.
From the above, it is clear that the Beaker is a vessel having a handle, and a spout or beak, and not having a cover as a tankard. It corresponds, therefore, with the publicans' common pewter pot in general use. The Chinese beaker, so called (Fig. 48), has no resemblance in shape to the above, being without beak or handle. It probably owes its name to some local term with which we are not acquainted.