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Definition of cup
cup Grease cock Grease cock or cup cup . (Mach.)
A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator.
Cup Crater Cra"ter (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing
vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai
to mix; cf. Skr. [,c]r[imac] to mix, [,c]ir to cook,
[,c]r[=a] to cook. Cf. Grail, in Holy Grail.]
1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which
the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a
geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.
3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; --
called also the Cup.
Cup Cup Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cupping.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See Cupping.
3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
