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The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer

Rockwell hardness test: A method of measuring hardness. The hardness is expressed as a number related to the depth of the residual penetration. A test for determining the hardness of a material based on the depth of penetration of a specified penetrator in to the specimen under certain arbitrarily fixed condition of test. A hardness test where the loss in kinetic energy of a falling diamond tipped metal ‘tup’, absorbed by indentation upon impact of the tup on the metal being tested is indicated by the height of rebound.

To have sex with, to bonk, etc

I was the one who convinced her you would not tup her, and that if you did you would never lie with her against her will.

A male sheep, a ram

to tie up rams, which could not be supposed to much used to handling ... having often heard for a proverb, as mad as a tup in an halter.

To butt: said of a ram
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To mate; used of a ram mating with a ewe

Tupping is the term used for when the rams cover the ewes. For our flock, this takes place in November when the ewes naturally come into season.

{n} a ram
{v} to butt or cover like a ram
The act of a ram mating with a ewe
{i} ram used for breeding (British); head of a power hammer; sexual relations (British Slang)
Regional English ?: To butt: said of a ram
uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"
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A male sheep; a ram
To cover; said of a ram
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To butt, as a ram does
to tup
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