Copartment Co·part"ment noun A compartment. [ Obsolete] T. Warton.

Copartner Co·part"ner noun 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.

Copartnership Co·part"ner·ship noun 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 .

Copartnery Co·part"ner·y noun ; plural Copartneries the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [ R.]

Copatain Cop"a·tain adjective [ Formed from cop , in imitation of captain . See Cop , Captain .] Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [ Obsolete]

A copatain hat made on a Flemish block.
Gascoigne.

Copatriot Co·pa"tri·ot noun A joint patriot.

Cope Cope (kōp) noun [ A doublet of cape . See Cape , Cap .] 1. A covering for the head. [ Obsolete] 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 Cope intransitive verb To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [ Obsolete]

Some bending down and coping toward the earth.
Holland.

Cope Cope transitive verb (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). J. H. Walsh.

Cope Cope intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Coped (kōpt); present participle & verbal noun Coping .] [ Middle English copen , coupen , to buy, bargain, probably from Dutch koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap .] 1. To exchange or barter. [ Obsolete] 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 Cope transitive verb 1. To bargain for; to buy. [ Obsolete]

2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [ Obsolete]

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-chisel Cope"-chis`el noun A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight.

Copeck Co"peck noun [ Russian kopeika ] A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck .

Coped Coped adjective Clad in a cope.

Copelata Cop`e·la"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a rower.] (Zoology) See Larvalla .

Copeman Cope"man noun [ Dutch koopman , from koopen to buy. See Cope , intransitive verb Chapman .] A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [ Obsolete]

He would have sold his part of paradise
For ready money, had he met a copeman .
B. Jonson.

Copenhagen Co`pen·ha"gen noun [ From Copenhagen , Denmark.] 1. A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.

2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.

Copepod Cop"e·pod adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- noun One of the Copepoda.

Copepoda Co·pep"o·da noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... an oar + -poda .] (Zoology) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.

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

Copernican Co·per"ni·can adjective Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth ( b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.

Copesmate Copes"mate` noun An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [ Obsolete]

Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night.
Shak.

Copestone Cope"stone` noun (Architecture) A stone for coping. See Coping .

Copier Cop"i·er noun [ 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.

Coping Cop"ing noun [ See Cope , noun ] (Architecture) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping . Gwill.

Copious Co"pi·ous adjective [ Latin copiosus , from copia abundance: confer French copieux . See Copy , Opulent .] Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.

Kindly pours its copious treasures forth.
Thomson.

Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name
Shall be the copious matter of my song.
Milton.

Syn. -- Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample .

Copiously Co"pi·ous·ly adverb In a copious manner.

Copiousness Co"pi·ous·ness noun The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style.

To imitatethe copiousness of Homer.
Dryden.

Syn. -- Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.

Copist Cop"ist noun [ French copiste . See Copy .] A copier. [ Obsolete] "A copist after nature." Shaftesbury.

Coplanar Co·plan"ar (ko*plān"ẽr) adjective [ Prefix co- + plane .] (Math.) Situated in one plane.

Copland Cop"land` noun [ Cop + land .] A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [ Obsolete]

Coportion Co·por"tion noun Equal share. [ Obsolete]

Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack.
Spenser.

Copped Copped adjective [ From Cop .] Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. Wiseman.

Coppel Cop"pel noun & v. See Cupel .

Copper Cop"per noun [ Middle English coper (cf. Dutch koper , Swedish koppar , Danish kobber , German kupfer ), Late Latin cuper , from Latin cuprum for earlier Cyprium , Cyprium aes , i.e., Cyprian brass, from Greek ... of Cyprus (Gr. ...), anciently renowned for its copper mines. Confer Cypreous .] 1. A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.

» Copper is the only metal which occurs native abundantly in large masses; it is found also in various ores, of which the most important are chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, and malachite. Copper mixed with tin forms bell metal; with a smaller proportion, bronze; and with zinc, it forms brass, pinchbeck, and other alloys.

2. A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. [ Colloq.]

My friends filled my pockets with coppers .
Franklin.

3. A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

4. plural Specifically (Nautical) , the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers .

» Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper , or resembling copper ; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc.

All in a hot and copper sky.
Coleridge.

It is sometimes written in combination; as, copper plate, copper smith, copper - colored.

Copper finch . (Zoology) See Chaffinch . -- Copper glance , or Vitreous copper . (Min.) See Chalcocite . -- Indigo copper . (Min.) See Covelline .

Copper Cop"per transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Coppered ; present participle & verbal noun Coppering .] To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

Copper works Cop"per works` A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.

Copper-bottomed Cop"per-bot`tomed adjective Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.

Copper-faced Cop"per-faced` adjective Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

Copper-fastened Cop"per-fas`tened adjective Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

Copper-nickel Cop"per-nick`el noun (Min.) Niccolite.

Copper-nose Cop"per-nose noun A red nose. Shak.

Copperas Cop"per·as noun [ Middle English coperose , French couperose , from (assumed?) Latin cuprirosa , equiv. to German cha`lkanqos , i. e. copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose. ] Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate .

» The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol , and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc.

Copperhead Cop"per·head` noun [ From its color.] 1. (Zoology) A poisonous American serpent ( Ancistrodon conotortrix ), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly , and red viper .

2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [ U.S.]

Coppering Cop"per·ing noun 1. The act of covering with copper.

2. An envelope or covering of copper.

Copperish Cop"per·ish adjective Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

Copperplate Cop"per·plate` (kŏp"pẽr*plāt`) noun (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.

» In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken by pressing it under the roller of a plate press.

Copperplate press . See Plate press , under Plate .

Coppersmith Cop"per·smith` (-smĭth`) noun One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

Copperworm Cop"per·worm` noun (Zoology) (a) The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. (b) The ringworm.

Coppery Cop"per·y adjective Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.

Coppice Cop"pice (kŏp"pĭs) noun [ Old French copeiz , from coper , couper , to cut, French couper , from cop , coup , colp , a blow, French coup , Latin colaphus , from Greek ko`lafos . Confer Copse , and confer Coupé , Coupee .] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse .

The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines.
Locke.

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