tup

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of transfer under pressure.
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. Two pence.
   uncountable
3. A male sheep, a ram.
4. The head of a hammer, and particularly of a steam-driven hammer.

Equivalents

Examples

“... 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”

“Those familiar with drop forging are accustomed to sizing drop hammers as 1 ton or 5 ton or whatever. This measure⟳ of the size is simply the weight of the tup. The total weight of the helve of No 2 is about 6.4 tons.”

“http://www.key-to-steel.com/Articles/Art168.htm This is the modern equivalent of smith forging where the limited force⟳ of the blacksmith has been replaced by the mechanical or steam hammer⟳. The process⟳ can be carried out by open⟳ forging where the hammer⟳ is replaced by a tup and the metal is manipulated manually on an anvil.”

“https://web.archive.org/web/20060713221918/http://www.steelcorp.com/term.htm 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.”

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