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Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[u^]pt); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Cupping}.]
1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]
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Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak.
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2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the
operation of cupping. See {Cupping}.
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3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to
cup the end of a screw.
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Cupping \Cup"ping\ (k?p"p?ng), 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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