tup

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  1. noun Chiefly British A male sheep; a ram.
  2. noun A heavy metal body, especially the head of a power hammer.
  3. transitive verb To copulate with (a ewe). Used of a ram.
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  • I would also like to know what \% of a typical livestock farmers income the charges would be and how long before the charges are doubled / quadrupled due to administrative costs. top tup: —  FWi - All News
  • To make it easy, one tup was on the accredited side of the market, the second tup on the non-accredited. —  PhotocatsEyes
  • Pen of three ewes and one tup: 1 T Postlethwaite; 2 G Harrison; 3 A Steele. —  Whitehaven News headlines
  • J D Richardson. best wooled tup: 1, C. Hartley; 2, A. Hartley; 3, P. Naylor. —  Whitehaven News headlines
  • Best wooled tup or gimmer lamb: 1 R Brown; 2 B Baines; 3 R Brown. —  Whitehaven News headlines
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  1. Middle English tupe.

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  1. Scots also tip; from Middle English tuppe, tupe, a ram. Cf. Low German tuppen, toppen, pull by the hair.
  2. from tup, n.
 

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