Webster's Dictionary 1913

7804

Copepoda

‖Co‐pep″o‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � an oar + -poda.] (Zoöl.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.☞ They have a distinct ...

7805

Copernican

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.

7806

Copesmate

Copes″mate′ (?), n. An associate or companion; a friend; a partner.Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night.Shak.

7807

Copestone

Cope″stone′ (?), n.(Arch.) A stone for coping. See Coping.

7808

Copier

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.

7809

Coping

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.

7810

Copious

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 trea...

7811

Copiously

Co″pi‐ous‐ly, adv. In a copious manner.

7812

Copiousness

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; richnes...

7813

Copist

Cop″ist (?), n. [F. copiste. See Copy.] A copier. “A copist after nature.” Shaftesbury.

7814

Coplanar

Co‐plan″ar (kō̍‐plān″ẽr), a. [Pref. co- + plane.] (Math.) Situated in one plane.

7815

Copland

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

7816

Coportion

Co‐por″tion (?), n.Equal share.Myself will bear... coportion of your pack.Spenser.

7817

Copped

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

7818

Coppel

Cop″pel (?), n. & v. See Cupel.

7819

Copper

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 Cypru...

7820

Copper (2)

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.

7821

Copper works

Cop″per works′ (?). A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.

7822

Copper-bottomed

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.

7823

Copper-faced

Cop″per–faced′ (?), a.Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

7824

Copper-fastened

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

7825

Copper-nickel

Cop″per–nick′el (?), n.(Min.) Niccolite.

7826

Copper-nose

Cop″per–nose (?), n. A red nose. Shak.

7827

Copperas

Cop″per‐as (?), n. [OE. coperose, F. couperose, fr. (assumed?) L. cuprirosa, equiv. to G. χάλκανθοσ, i.e. copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose.] Green vitriol, or sulphat...

7828

Copperhead

Cop″per‐head′ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; — called also copper-belly, and ...

7829

Coppering

Cop″per‐ing, n. 1. The act of covering with copper.2. An envelope or covering of copper.

7830

Copperish

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