A parson who couples all our beggars.
Swift.
Cou"ple, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.] Milton. Bacon.
Cou"ple-beg`gar (-b?g`g?r), n. One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.
Cou"ple-close` (k?p"?-kl?s`), n.; pl. Couple-closes (-kl&?;"s&?;z). 1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.
2. (Arch.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [Engl.]
Cou"ple*ment (k?p"'l-ment), n. [Cf. OF. couplement.] Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] Shak.
And forth together rode, a goodly couplement.
Spenser.
Coup"ler (k?p"l?r), n. One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.
Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.
Coup"let (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See Couple, n. ] Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
A sudden couplet rushes on your mind.
Crabbe.
Coup"ling (-l?ng), n. 1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
2. (Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
Box coupling, Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain. -- Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. -- Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.
Cou"pon (k??"p?n; F. k??`p?n"), n. [F., fr. couper to cut, cut off. See Coppice.] 1. (Com.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
2. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.
||Cou*pure" (k??-p?r"), n. [F., fr. couper to cut.] (Fort.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.
Cour"age (kŭr"&asl;j; 48), n. [OE. corage heart, mind, will, courage, OF. corage, F. courage, fr. a LL. derivative of L. cor heart. See Heart.] 1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. [Obs.]
So priketh hem nature in here corages.
Chaucer.
My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh,
and this soft courage makes your followers faint.
Shak.