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tup n. 公羊,动力锤的头部,冲面 公羊,动力锤的头部,冲面 tup n 1: uncastrated adult male sheep; " a British term is ` tup'" [ synonym: { ram}, { tup}] Ram \ Ram\ ( r[ a^] m), n. [ AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram, Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong.] 1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a { tup}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Astron.) ( a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March. ( b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An engine of war used for butting or battering. Specifically: ( a) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering- ram. ( b) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A hydraulic ram. See under { Hydraulic}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like. [ 1913 Webster] 6. The plunger of a hydraulic press. [ 1913 Webster] { Ram' s horn}. ( a) ( Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [ Written also { ramshorn}.] -- Farrow. ( b) ( Paleon.) An ammonite. [ 1913 Webster]
Tup \ Tup\ ( t[ u^] p), v. t. & i. [ Probably akin to top summit, head.] 1. To butt, as a ram does. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. To cover; -- said of a ram. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Tup \ Tup\, n. ( Zool.) A ram. [ 1913 Webster]
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