COPPER, kop'[.e]r, _n._ a moderately hard metal of a fine red colour,
perhaps the first metal employed by man: money made of copper--e.g. 'a
copper' = a penny or halfpenny: a vessel made of copper.--_adj._ made of
copper: copper-coloured.--_v.t._ to cover with copper.--_adj._
COPP'ER-BOTT'OMED, having the bottom covered with copper, as a ship--_n._
COPP'ER-CAP'TAIN, one who styles himself captain without grounds.--_adjs._
COPP'ER-FACED, faced with copper, as type; COPP'ER-FAS'TENED, fastened with
copper bolts.--_ns._ COPP'ER-HEAD, a United States snake: (_U.S._) a
northern sympathiser with the South in the Civil War; COPP'ERING, the act
of sheathing with copper: a covering of copper.--_adjs._ COPP'ERISH,
COPP'ERY, C[=U]'PREOUS, containing or like copper.--_ns._ COPP'ER-NICK'EL,
arsenical nickel, niccolite; COPP'ER-NOSE, a red nose caused by
intemperance; COPP'ERPLATE, a plate of polished copper on which something
has been engraved: an impression taken from the plate; COPP'ER-PYR[=I]'TES,
a double sulphide of copper and iron of yellow hue; COPP'ER-SMITH, a smith
who works in copper; COPP'ER-WORK, a place where copper is wrought or
manufactured; COPP'ERWORM, the ship-worm.--HOT COPPERS, parched tongue and
throat after a bout of drinking. [Low L. _cuper_--L. _cuprum_, a contr. of
_cyprium aes_, 'Cyprian brass,' because found in _Cyprus_.]
COPPERAS, kop'[.e]r-as, _n._ sulphate of iron, used in dyeing black, or
making ink. [Fr. _couperose_ (It. _copparosa_)--L. _cupri rosa_, rose of
copper--so Diez.]
COPPICE, kop'is, COPSE, kops, _n._ a wood of small growth for periodical
cutting.--_n._ COPSE'WOOD.--_adj._ COP'SY. [O. Fr. _copeiz_, wood newly
cut--Low L. _colp[=a]re_, to cut--L. _colaphus_, a blow with the fist.]
COPPIN. See COP (1).
COPPLE, kop'l, _n._ (_obs._) a crest on a bird's head.--_n._
COPP'LE-CROWN.--_adj._ COPP'LE-CROWNED.
COPPLE-STONE, an obsolete form of COBBLE-STONE.
COPRA, kop'ra, _n._ the dried kernel of the coco-nut, yielding coco-nut
oil. [Port., from Malay.]
CO-PRESENCE, ko-prez'ens, _n._ presence together.--_adj._ CO-PRES'ENT.
COPROLITE, kop'ro-l[=i]t, _n._ fossilised excrement of animals in
Palæozoic, Mesozoic, and Tertiary strata.--_adj._ COPROLIT'IC. [Gr.
_kopros_, dung, _lithos_, a stone.]
COPROLOGY, kop-rol'oj-i, _n._ the unclean in literature and art. [Gr.
_kopros_, dung, _logia_, discourse.]
COPROPHAGAN, kop-rof'a-gan, _n._ a dung-beetle.--_n._ COPROPH'AGIST, a
dung-eater.--_adj._ COPROPH'AGOUS, dung-eating. [Gr. _kopros_, dung,
_phagein_, to eat.]
COPSEWOOD. See COPPICE.
COPT, kopt, _n._ a Christian descendant of the ancient Egyptians.--_adj._
COP'TIC.--_n._ the language of the Copts. [A corr. of Gr. _Aigyptios_,
Egyptian.]
COPULA, kop'[=u]-la, _n._ that which joins together: a bond or tie:
(_logic_) the word joining the subject and predicate.--_adj._
COP'ULAR.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ COP'UL[=A]TE, to unite in sexual
commerce.--_n._ COPUL[=A]'TION, act of copulating.--_adj._ COP'UL[=A]TIVE,
uniting.--_n._ (_gram._) a conjunction that unites ideas as well as
words.--_adj._ COP'UL[=A]TORY. [L.,--_co-_, together, _ap-[)e]re_, to
join.]
COPY, kop'i, _n._ an imitation from an original pattern, a transcript: that
which is imitated: a specimen of penmanship to be imitated: the original
work from which an imitation or reproduction is made: manuscript for
printing.--_v.t._ to write, paint, &c. after an original: to imitate: to
transcribe:--_pa.p._ cop'ied.--_ns._ COP'IER, COP'YER, one who copies: an
imitator; COP'Y-BOOK, a book in which copies are written or printed for
imitation; COP'YHOLD (_Eng. law_), a species of estate or right of holding
land, for which the owner can only show the copy of the rolls originally
made by the steward of the lord's court; COP'YHOLDER, one who has a tenure
of land by copyhold; COP'YING-PRESS, a machine for copying manuscript
letters by pressure; COP'YISM, the practice of the copyist; COP'YIST, one
whose business is to copy documents; COPY'RIGHT, the exclusive right of an
author or his heirs to multiply copies of a written or printed composition,
or of a work of art (for books in England the term is forty-two years, or
the life of the author and seven years, whichever is longer).--_adj._
protected by copyright.--_v.t._ to secure the copyright of.--A COPY OF
VERSES, a set of verses, esp. a college exercise. [Fr. _copie_, from L.
_copia_, plenty; in Low L. a transcript.]
COQUELICOT, k[=o]k'li-ko, _n._ (_Jane Austen_) a brilliant red, the colour
of the red poppy. [Fr.]
COQUET, COQUETTE, ko-ket', _v.i._ to excite admiration or love.--_v.t._ to
trifle with in love: to flirt with: to dally with:--_pr.p._ coquet'ting;
_pa.p._ coquet'ted.--_ns._ C[=O]'QUETRY, act of coquetting: attempt to
attract admiration, without serious affection: deceit in love: any kind of
prettiness; COQUETTE', a vain woman who seeks admiration from mere vanity:
a flirt.--_adj._ COQUET'TISH, practising coquetry: befitting a
coquette.--_adv._ COQUET'TISHLY.--_n._ COQUET'TISHNESS. [Fr.
_coqueter_--_coquet_, dim. of _coq_, a cock.]
COQUILLA, kok-il'ya, _n._ the nut of a Brazil palm, whose mottled,
dark-brown endosperm is used by button-makers and turners. [Sp.; dim. of
_coca_, shell.]
COQUIMBITE, k[=o]-kim'b[=i]t, _n._ a yellowish hydrous sulphate of
iron--also _white copperas_.
COQUIMBO, k[=o]-kim'b[=o], _n._ the burrowing owl of South America.
COQUITO, k[=o]-k[=e]'t[=o], _n._ a beautiful Chilian palm. [Sp., dim. of
_coco_, coco-nut.]
COR, kor, _n._ a Hebrew measure, the same as the homer, containing 10
ephahs or baths (10 bushels and 3 gallons).
CORACLE, kor'a-kl, _n._ a small oval rowboat used in Wales, made of skins
or oilcloth stretched on wickerwork. [W. _corwgl_--_corwg_, anything round;
Gael. _curach_, a wicker-boat.]
CORACOID, kor'a-koid, _adj._ shaped like a crow's beak.--_n._ (_anat._) an
important paired bone in the breast-girdle, forming along with the scapula
the articulation for the fore-limb, and always lying ventrally. [Gr.
_korax_, _korakos_, a crow, and _eidos_, form.]
CO-RADICATE, k[=o]-rad'i-k[=a]t, _adj._ (_philol._) of the same root.
CORAGE. See COURAGE.