Chapter 339

Cop (?) , n. [AS. cop ; cf . G . kopf head. Cf. Cup , Cob .] 1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.]

Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra<?/ton.

2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

4. (Mil. Arch.) same as Merlon .

5. A policeman. [Slang]

Cop waste , a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly<?/ remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.

Copaiba; 277, Copaiva <Xpage=319>

Co*pai"ba (?; 277) , Co*pai"va (?) , n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa\'a3ba .] (Med.) A more or less viscid, vellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera , a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba . [Written also capivi .]

Copal <Xpage=319>

Co"pal (?; 277) , [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli , <?/ generic name of resins. Clavigero .] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ( Trachylobium Hornemannianum , T. verrocosum , and Hymen\'91a Courbaril ), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.

Ur<?/.

Coparcenary <Xpage=319>

Co*par"ce*na*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Coparcenaries (#) . [Pref. co- + parcenary ] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of sucession to an inheritance.

Coparcener <Xpage=319>

Co*par"ce*ner (?) , n. [Pref. co- + parcener .] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.

All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

Coparceny <Xpage=319>

Co*par"ce*ny (?) , n. [Abbrev. of Coparcenary .] (Law) An equal share of an inheritance.

Copart <Xpage=319>

Co*part (?) , v. t. [Cf. Compart ] To share. [Obs.]

For, of all miserias, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661).

Copartment <Xpage=319>

Co*part"ment (?) , n. A compartment. [Obs.]

T. Warton.

Copartner <Xpage=319>

Co*part"ner (?) , n. One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer.

the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton.

Copartnership <Xpage=319>

Co*part"ner*ship , n. 1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.

2. A partnership or firm; as, A . and B. have this day formed a copartnership .

Copartnery <Xpage=319>

Co*part"ner*y (?) , n. ; pl. Copartneries (<?/) . the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [R.]

Copatain <Xpage=319>

Cop"a*tain (?) , a. [Formed fr. cop , in imitation of captain . See Cop , Captain .] Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.]

A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne.

Copatriot <Xpage=319>

Co*pa"tri*ot (?) , n. A joint patriot.

Cope <Xpage=319>

Cope (?) , n. [A doublet of cape . See Cape , Cap .] 1. A covering for the head. [Obs.]

Johnson.

2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. "The starry cope of heaven."

Milton.

3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, whereit is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.

Piers plowman.

A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes . Bp. Burnet.

4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in derbyshire, England.

5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

Knight. De Colange.

Cope <Xpage=319>

Cope , v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]

Some bending down and coping to ward the earth. Holland.

Cope <Xpage=319>

Cope , v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

J. H. Walsh.

Cope <Xpage=319>

Cope , v. i. [ imp. & p.p. Coped (?) ; p.pr. & vb.n. Coping .] [OE. copen , coupen , to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Chear .] 1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.]

Spenser.

2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. Shak.

3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with .

Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. Philips.

Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. Addison.

Cope <Xpage=319>

Cope , v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.]

2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.]

three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. Shak.

3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak.

They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. Shak.

Cope-chisel <Xpage=319>

Cope"-chis`el (?) , n. A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove.

Knight.

Copeck <Xpage=319>

Co"peck (?) , n. [Russ. kopeika ] A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck .

Coped <Xpage=319>

Coped (?) , a. Clad in a cope.

Copelata <Xpage=319>

Cop`e*la"ta (?) , n. ; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a rower.] (Zo\'94l.) See Larvalla .

Copeman <Xpage=319>

Cope"man (?) , n. [D. koopman , fr. koopen to buy. See Cope , v. i. Chapman .] A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.]

He would have sold his part of paradise For ready money, had he met a copeman . B. Jonson.

Copepod <Xpage=319>

Cop"e*pod (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. One of the Copepoda.

Copepoda <Xpage=319>

Co*pep"o*da (?) , n. ; pl . [NL., from Gr. <?/ an oar + -poda .] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine.

&hand; They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes.

Copernican <Xpage=319>

Co*per"ni*can (?) , a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth ( b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.

Copesmate <Xpage=319>

Copes"mate` (?) , n. An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.]

Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.

Copestone <Xpage=319>

Cope"stone` (?) , n. (Arch.) A stone for coping. See Coping .

Copier <Xpage=319>

Cop"i*er (?) , n. [From. Copy .] 1. One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.

2. An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.

Coping <Xpage=319>

Cop"ing (?) , n. [See Cope , n. ] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping .

Gwill.

Copious <Xpage=319>

Co"pi*ous (?) , a. [L. copiosus , fr. copia abundance: cf. F. copieux . See Copy , Opulent .] Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.

Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson.

Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. Milton.

Syn. -- Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample .

Copiously <Xpage=319>

Co"pi*ous*ly , adv. In a copious manner.

Copiousness <Xpage=319>

Co"pi*ous*ness , n. The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style.

To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.

Syn. -- Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.

Copist <Xpage=319>

Cop"ist (?) , n. [F. copiste . See Copy .] A copier. [Obs.] "A copist after nature."

Shaftesbury.

Coplaner <Xpage=319>

Co*plan"er (?) , a. [Pref. co- + plane .] (Math.) Situated in one plane.

Copland <Xpage=319>

Cop"land` (?) , n. [ Cop + land .] A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [Obs.]

Coportion <Xpage=319>

Co*por"tion (?) , n. Equal share. [Obs.]

Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser.

Copped <Xpage=319>

Copped (?) , a. [From Cop .] Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.

Wiseman.

Coppel <Xpage=319>

Cop"pel (?) , n. & v. See Cupel .

Copper <Xpage=319>

Cop"per (?) , n. [OE. coper (cf. D. koper , Sw. koppar , Dan. kobber , G. kupfer ), LL. cuper , fr. L. cuprum for earlier Cyprium , Cyprium aes , i.e., Cyprian brass, fr. Gr. <?/ of Cyprus (Gr. <?/), anciently renowned for its copper mines. Cf. Cypreous .] 1. A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.

&hand; Copper is the only metal which occurs native abundantly in large masses; it is found also in various ores, of which the most important are chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, and malachite. Copper mixed with tin forms bell metal; with a smaller proportion, bronze; and with zinc, it forms brass, pinchbeck, and other alloys.

2. A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. [Colloq.]

My friends filled my pockets with coppers . Franklin.

3. A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

4. pl. Specifically (Naut.) , the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers .

&hand; Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper , or resembling copper ; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc.

All in a hot and copper sky. Coleridge.

It is sometimes written in combination; as, copper plate, copper smith, copper -colored.

Copper finch . (Zo\'94l.) See Chaffinch . -- Copper glance , &or; Vitreous copper . (Min.) See Chalcocite . -- Indigo copper . (Min.) See Covelline .

Copper <Xpage=319>

Cop"per , v. t. [ imp. & p.p. Coppered (?) ; p.pr. & vb.n. Coppering .] To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship .

Copperas <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*as (?) , n. [OE. coperose , F. couperose , fr. (assumed?) L. cuprirosa , equiv. to G. cha`lkanqos , i. e. copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose. ] Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate .

&hand; The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol , and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc.

Copper-bottomed <Xpage=319>

Cop"per-bot`tomed (?) , a. Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.

Copper-faced <Xpage=319>

Cop"per-faced` (?) , a. Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type .

Copper-fastened <Xpage=319>

Cop"per-fas`tened (?) , a. Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship .

Copperhead <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*head` (?) , n. [From its color.] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A poisonous American serpent ( Ancistrodon conotortrix ), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly , and red viper .

2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]

Coppering <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*ing , n. 1. The act of covering with copper.

2. An envelope or covering of copper.

Copperish <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*ish , a. Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste .

Copper-nickel <Xpage=319>

Cop"per-nick`el (?) , n. (Min.) Nicolite.

Copper-nose <Xpage=319>

Cop"per-nose (?) , n. A red nose.

Shak.

Copperplate <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*plate (?) , n. (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.

&hand; In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken by pressing it under the roller of a plate press.

Copperplate press . See Plate press , under Plate .

Coppersmith <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*smith (?) , n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

Copper works <Xpage=319>

Cop"per works (?) . A place where copper is wrought or manufactured.

Woodward.

Copperworm <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*worm (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. (b) The ringworm.

Coppery <Xpage=319>

Cop"per*y (?) , a. Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.

Coppice <Xpage=319>

Cop"pice (?) , n. [OF. copeiz , fr. coper , couper , to cut, F. couper , fr. cop , coup , colp , a blow, F. coup , L. colaphus , fr. G. <?/. Cf. Copse , and cf. Coup<?/ , Coupee .] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse .

The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. Locke.

Coppin <Xpage=319>

Cop"pin (?) , n. [See Cop .] A cop of thread.

Copple <Xpage=319>

Cop"ple (?) , n. [A dim. of Cop .] Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.

A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high. Hakluyt.

Copple-crown <Xpage=319>

Cop"ple-crown (?) , n. A created or high-topped crown or head. "Like the copple-crown the lapwing has."

T. Randolph.

-- Cop"ple-crowned` (#) , a.

Coppled <Xpage=319>

Cop"pled (?) , a. [From Copple .] Rising to a point; conical; copped. [Obs.]

Woodward.

Copple dust <Xpage=319>

Cop"ple dust` (?) . Cupel dust. [Obs.]

Powder of steel, or copple dust . Bacon.

Copplestone <Xpage=319>

Cop"ple*stone` (?) , n. A cobblestone. [Obs.]

Copps <Xpage=319>

Copps (?) , n. See Copse . [Obs.]

Copra <Xpage=319>

Co"pra (?) , n. [Malay\'a0lam koppara or Hind. khopr\'be .] (Com.) The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed. [Written also cobra , copperah , coppra .]

Coprolite <Xpage=319>

Cop"ro*lite (?) , n. [Gr. ko`pros dung + -lite .] (Paleon.) A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.

Coprolitic <Xpage=319>

Cop`ro*lit"ic (?) , a. Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.

Coprophagan <Xpage=319>

Co*proph"a*gan (?) , n. [See Coprophagous .] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.

Coprophagous <Xpage=319>

Co*proph"a*gous (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ exrement + <?/ to eat.] (Zo\'94l.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

Cop-rose <Xpage=319>

Cop-rose` (?) , n. [F. coprose , of uncertain origin; cf. D. klaproos , klapperroos .] The red, or corn, poppy. [Written also cup-rose .]

Cops <Xpage=319>

Cops (?) , n. [AS. cops , cosp , fetter.] The connecting crook of a harrow. [Prov. Eng.]

Copse <Xpage=319>

Copse (?) , n. [Contr. from coppice .] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice .

Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.

Copse <Xpage=319>

Copse , v. t. 1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc.

Halliwell.

2. To plant and preserve, as a copse.

Swift.

Copsewood <Xpage=319>

Copse"wood (?) , n. Brushwood; coppice.

Macaulay.

Copsy <Xpage=319>

Cops"y (?) , a. Characterized by copses. " Copsy villages." " Copsy banks."

J. Dyer.

Coptic <Xpage=319>

Cop"tic (?) , a. [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius an Egyprian, Gr. <?/, Ar. kibt\'c6 , pl. kibt .] Of or pertaining to the Copts. -- n. The language of the Copts.

Copts <Xpage=319>

Copts (?) , n. pl. ; sing. Copt (#) . [See Coptic .] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile.