an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
FUDDLING CUP
Meaning of FUDDLING CUP in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012