Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things.
Dryden.
Cop"y*er (?), n. See Copier.
Cop"y*graph (?), n. A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.
&fist; The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transfered by pressure to a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin. A large number of transcripts can be taken while the ink is fresh.
Various names have been given to the process [the gelatin copying process], some of them acceptable and others absurd; hectograph, polygraph, copygraph, lithogram, etc.
Knight.
Cop"y*hold` (?), n. (Eng. Law) (a) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. Blackstone. (b) Land held in copyhold. Milton.
&fist; Copyholds do not exist in the United States.
Cop"y*hold`er (?), n. 1. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold.
2. (print.) (a) A device for holding copy for a compositor. (b) One who reads copy to a proof reader.
Cop"y*ing, a. & n. From Copy, v.
Copying ink. See under Ink. -- Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. -- Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.
Cop"y*ist, n. A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
Cop"y*right (?), n. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
&fist; In the United States a copyright runs for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions.
International copyright, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.
Cop"y*right`, v. t. To secure a copyright on.
||Coque"li*cot` (?), n. [F.] 1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose.
2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.
Co*quet" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coquetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coquetting.] To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.
You are coquetting a maid of honor.
Swift.
Co*quet", v. i. To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.
Co*quet"ry (?), n.; pl. Coquetries (#). [F. coquetterie.] Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." Addison.
Co*quette" (?), n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf. Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.] 1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.
2. (Zo÷l.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
Co*quet"tish (?), a. Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
A pretty, coquettish housemaid.
W. Irving.
Co*quet"tish*ly, adv. In a coquettish manner.
Co*quil"la nut (?). [Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim. of coco a cocoanut.] (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
&fist; Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by turners in forming ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella handles.
Co*quim"bite (?), n. A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
||Co*qui"na (?), n. [Sp., shellfish, cockle.] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
Cor- (k&obreve;r-). A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
Cor (k˘r), n. [Heb. kōr.] A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also core.]
||Co"ra (?), n. (Zo÷l.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.
Cor"a*cle (?), n. [W. corwgl, cwrwgl, fr. corwg, cwrwg, any round body or vessel, the trunk of the body, carcass.] A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.
Cor"a*coid (?), a.[Gr. &?;; ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.] 1. Shaped like a crow's beak.
2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.
Cor"a*coid, n. The coracoid bone or process.