Chapter 80

Con*vul"sion (?), n. [L. convulsio: cf. F. convulsion.] 1. (Med.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

2. Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.

Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton.

Times of violence and convulsion. Ames.

Syn. -- Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance.

Con*vul"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.] Lamb.

Con*vul"sion*a*ry (&?;), a. [Cf. F. convulsionnaire.] Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. "Convulsionary struggles." Sir W. Scott.

Con*vul"sion*a*ry, n. A convulsionist.

Con*vul"sion*ist, n. One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. MÚdard.

Con*vul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. convulsif.] Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.

An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. Burke.

Con*vul"sive*ly, adv. in a convulsive manner.

Co"ny (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.] 1. (Zo÷l.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare.

&fist; The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.

2. A simpleton. [Obs.]

It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

3. (Zo÷l.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]

Co"ny-catch (?), v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]

Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony- catched in the this business. Shak.

Co"ny-catch`er (?), n. A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.

Con"y*lene (?), n. [Conine + acetylene.] An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.

Con"y*rine (?), n. [From Conine.] (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.

Coo (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooing.] 1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.

The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. Thomson.

2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." Byron.

{ Coo"ey, Coo"ee } (?), n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

Cook (k&oomac;k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]

Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599).

Cook (k&oocr;k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose.

Cook (k&oocr;k), n. [AS. cōc, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. &?;, Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

2. (Zo÷l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

Cook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooked (?); p. pr & vb. n. Cooking.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison.

Cook (k&oocr;k), v. i. To prepare food for the table.

Cook"book` (-b&oocr;k`), n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.]

"Just How": a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.

Cook*ee" (k&oocr;k*ē"), n.A female cook. [R.]

Cook"er*y (k&oocr;k"&etilde;r*&ybreve;), n. 1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] R. North.

{ Cook"ey, Cook"ie } (?), n. See Cooky.

Cook"maid` (?), n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Cook"room` (?), n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.

Cook`shop (?), n. An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.

Cook"y (?), n.; pl. Cookies (#). [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Cool (?), a. [Compar. Cooler (?); superl. Coolest.] [AS. cōl; akin to D. koel, G. kŘhl, OHG. chouli, Dan. k÷lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala. See Cold, and cf. Chill.] 1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Fanned with cool winds. Milton.

2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

For a patriot, too cool. Goldsmith.

3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. Hawthorne.

6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding.

Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket. Dickens.

Syn. -- Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.

Cool, n. A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

Cool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooling.] 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.

2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shak.

To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] Dryden.

Cool, v. i. 1. To become less hot; to lose heat.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. Shak.

2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. Congreve.

Cool"er (?), n. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.

if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot.

2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

Cool"-head`ed (?), a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. -- Cool"- head`ed*ness, n.

Coo"lie (?), n. Same as Cooly.

Cool"ing (?), p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." Goldsmith.

Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] -- Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. Wharton.

Cool"ish, a. Somewhat cool.

The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith.

Cool"ly, a. Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cool"ly, adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Cool"ness, n. 1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]

Coo"lung (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo÷l.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]

{ Coo"ly, Coo"lie } (?), n.; pl. Coolies (#). [Hind. k&?;lī a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k&?;l, ky&?;leh, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Coom (?), n. [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimr÷k pine soot, smoke black, Icel. kām grime, film of dirt.] Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.

Coomb (?), n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. &?; hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]

{ Coomb, Coombe } (?), n. [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.] A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.

Coon (?), n. (Zo÷l.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.

Coon"tie (?), n. (Bot.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Coop (k&oomac;p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]

Coop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.

The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. Dryden.

The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.

Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison.

Coo*pee" (k&oomac;*pē"), n. See Coupe. [Obs.], Johnson.

Coop"er (k&oocr;p"&etilde;r; 277), n. [From Coop.] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.

Coop"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coopered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coopering.] To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Coop"er*age (?), n. 1. Work done by a cooper.

2. The price paid for coopers' work.

3. A place where coopers' work is done.

Co*÷p"er*ant (?), a. [Cf. F. coopÚrant.] Operating together; as, co÷perant forces.

Co*÷p"er*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Co÷perated; p. pr. & vb. n. Co÷perating.] [L. co÷peratus, p. p. of co÷perari to co÷perate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate.] To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.

Whate'er co÷perates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

Co*÷p`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. co÷peratio: cf. F. coopÚration.] 1. The act of co÷perating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Not holpen by the co÷peration of angels. Bacon.

2. (Polit. Econ.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.

Co*÷p"er*a*tive (?), a. Operating jointly to the same end.

Co÷perative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Co÷perative store, a store established by a co÷perative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

Co*÷p"er*a`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. coopÚrateur.] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Co÷perators with the truth." Boyle.

Coop"er*ing (?), n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

Coop"er*y, a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.]

Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.

Coop"er*y, n. The occupation of a cooper. Crabb.

Co*÷pt" (?), v. t. [See Co÷ptate. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]

Each of the hundred was to co÷pt three others. Jowett (Thucyd.).

Co*÷p"tate (?), v. t. [L. co÷ptatus, p. p. of co÷tare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.] To choose; to elect; to co÷pt. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Co`÷p*ta"tion (?), n. [L. co÷ptatio.] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]

The first election and co÷ptation of a friend. Howell.

Co`÷r*dain (?), v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Co*÷r"di*nance (?), n. Joint ordinance.

Co*÷r"di*nate (?), a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain.] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.

Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co÷rdinate powers presiding over each country. Law.

Conjunctions joint sentences and co÷rdinate terms. Rev. R. Morris.

Co÷rdinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards one another, but referring equally to the same subject. -- Co÷rdinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris.

Co*÷r"di*nate (-nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Co÷rdinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Co÷rdinating.] 1. To make co÷rdinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to co÷rdinate ideas in classification.

2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co÷rdinate muscular movements.

Co*÷r"di*nate (?), n. 1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

It has neither co÷rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.

2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called co÷rdinate axes and co÷rdinate planes. See Abscissa. &fist; Co÷rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co÷rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co÷rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co÷rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector.

Cartesian co÷rdinates. See under Cartesian. -- Geographical co÷rdinates, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co÷rdinate. -- Polar co÷rdinates, co÷rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. -- Rectangular co÷rdinates, co÷rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. -- Rectilinear co÷rdinates, co÷rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also Cartesian co÷rdinates. -- Trigonometrical or Spherical co÷rdinates, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. -- Trilinear co÷rdinates, co÷rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.

Co*÷r"di*nate*ly (?), adv. In a co÷rdinate manner.

Co*÷r"di*nate*ness, n. The state of being co÷rdinate; equality of rank or authority.

Co*÷r`di*na"tion (?), n. 1. The act of co÷rdinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the co÷rdination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a co÷rdination of functions. "Co÷rdination of muscular movement by the cerebellum." Carpenter.

2. The state of being co÷rdinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc.

In this high court of parliament, there is a rare co÷rdination of power. Howell.

Co*÷r"di*na*tive (?), a. (Gram.) Expressing co÷rdination. J. W. Gibbs.

Coot (k&oomac;t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. Cut.] 1. (Zo÷l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. The common European or bald coot is F. atra (see under bald); the American is F. Americana. (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (îdemia are called coots. See Scoter. "As simple as a coot." Halliwell.

2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]

Coot"er (-&etilde;r), n. (Zo÷l.) (a) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida. (b) The box tortoise.

Coot"foot` (-f&oocr;t`), n. (Zo÷l.) The phalarope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.

Coo*thay" (k&oomac;*thā"), n.A striped satin made in India. McElrath.

Cop (k&obreve;p), 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. Drayton.

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 of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.

{ Co*pai"ba (?; 277), Co*pai"va (?) }, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa˙ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish 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.]

Co"pal (kō"pal; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and HymenŠa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ure.

Co*par"ce*na*ry (k&osl;*pńr"s&esl;*n&asl;*r&ybreve;), n.; pl. Coparcenaries (-r&ibreve;z). [Pref. co- + parcenary] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance.

Co*par"ce*ner (-n&etilde;r), 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.

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Cope (kōp), 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, where it 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, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]

Some bending down and coping toward the earth. Holland.

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

Cope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coped (kōpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.] 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, 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"-chis`el (?), n. A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight.

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

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

||Cop`e*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a rower.] (Zo÷l.) See Larvalla.

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.

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

||Co*pep"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; an oar + -poda.] (Zo÷l.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.

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

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.

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

Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.

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