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   Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.]
   To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
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   Cup us, till the world go round.
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   (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.
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   (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.
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   Cupping , n. (Med.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess.
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   Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. -- Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc. -- Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.
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