See Also: cupping(medicine)
Cupping(health)
cupping(dictionary)
cupping glass(medicine)
Cupping of the optic disc(health)

Krugerism (iou) and cupping (iou)


Krugerism (iou)



Krugerism noun. L19.
[from Kruger (see below) + -ISM.]
Hist. The policy of Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904), who led the Afrikaners to victory in the First Boer War and served as President of the Transvaal from 1883 to 1899.
Krugerite noun & adjective (a) noun an adherent of Kruger or his policy; (b) adjective of or pertaining to Krugerism or Krugerites: L19.

cupping (iou)



cupping noun. LME.
[from CUP noun or verb + -ING1.]
Hist. A procedure for drawing blood by applying a heated cup to the scarified skin. Also wet cupping. LME.
b. A similar procedure without scarification, as a counterirritant. Also dry cupping. M18.
The drinking of intoxicating liquor; a drinking-bout. E17.
The formation of a concavity; the assumption of a curved or hollow shape. L19.
The process of forming a depression in sheet metal by forcing a plunger into it when it is placed over a die. E20.
Cuppiness in metal; the flaws present in cuppy wire. E20.
Comb.: cupping-glass a wide-mouthed glass vessel for use in cupping (sense 1); cupping-test: of the ductility of metal by means of cupping.