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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Co-ōp'er-ā'tion, n. p. 291The act of co-operating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor. “Not holpen by the co-operation of angels.” Bacon.Co-ōp'er-a-tīve, a. p. 291Operating jointly to the same end.Co-ŏp'er-ā'tor, n. p. 291One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. “Co-operators with the truth.” Boyle.Co͝op'er-y, a. p. 291Pertaining to a cooper; coopered. Steep the wheat within certain coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.Co͝op'er-y, n. p. 291The occupation or trade of a cooper.Co-ŏp'tāte, v. t. p. 291To choose, or choose with another. [Obs.] Cockeram.Co-op-tā'tion, n. p. 291The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.] “The first election and co-optation of a friend.” Howell.Co-ōr'di-nance, n. p. 291Joint ordinance.Co-ōr'di-nate, a. p. 291Equal in rank or order; not subordinate. Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country. Law.Co-ōr'di-nāte, v. t. p. 291To give a common order, action, movement, or condition to; to make co-ordinate or equal; to harmonize.Co-ör'di-nate, n. p. 291A thing of the same rank with another thing; one of two or more persons or things of equal rank or authority. 2. (pl.) (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of…Co-ôr'di-nate-ly, adv. p. 291In the same order or rank; in equal degree; without subordination.Co-ôr'di-na-te-ness, n. p. 291The state of being co-ordinate; equality of rank and authority.Co-òr'di-nā'tion, n. p. 291The state of being co-ordinate, or of equal value; harmony. In this high court of parliament, there is a rare co-ordination of power. Howell. 2. The act of bringing different parts or objects into…Co-ôr'di-na-tive, a. p. 291(Gram.) Expressing co-ordination. “Co-ordinative conjunctions.” J. W. Gibbs.Coot, n. p. 291(Ornith.) A water-fowl of the genus Fulica, frequenting lakes and other still waters. The common coot has a bald forehead, a black body, and lobated toes, and is about fifteen inches in length. Coot…cŏp, n. p. 291The top of a thing; the head. [Obs.] Cop they use to call The tops of many hills. Drayton. 2. The conical ball of thread formed on the spindle of a wheel or spinning-frame.Co-pāi'bā or Co-pāi'vā, n. p. 291(Med.) A liquid, resinous juice, of a yellowish color, and a bitterish, pungent taste, flowing from a tree, the Copaifera officinalis, growing in Spanish America. Dunglison.Cō'pal, n. p. 291A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from two trees found in the East Indies, and in Central or Southern America (Elaeocarpus copallifera, and Rhus copallinum)—used chiefly in the manufacture…Co-pār'çe-na-ry, n. p. 291(Law.) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an estate of inheritance.Co-pār'çe-ner, n. p. 291(Law.) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. Blackstone.Co-pār'çe-ny, n. p. 291(Law.) An equal share of an inheritance.Co-pārt', v. t. p. 291To share. [Obs.] For, of all miseries, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster, 1601.Co-pārt'i-ment, n. p. 291A compartment. [Obs.] Webster, 1623.Co-pärt'ment, n. p. 291A compartment. [Rare.] Warton.Co-pārt'ner, n. p. 291One who is jointly concerned with others in any matter; a joint partner; an associate; a partaker. The associates and copartners of our loss. Milton.Co-pärt'ner-ship, n. p. 292The state of being a copartner; a joint interest or concern in any matter.Co-pârt'n'er-y, n. p. 292The state of being copartners in any undertaking.Cŏp'a-tāin, a. p. 292Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.] “A copatain hat made on a Flemish block.” Gascoigne.Co-pā'tri-ot, n. p. 292A joint patriot; a compatriot.Co-pāy'vā, n. p. 292Copaiba. See COPAIBA.Cōpe, n. p. 292A covering for the head. Johnson. 2. Any thing regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof or covering of a house, the arch over a door, &c. “The starry cope of…Cōpe, v. i. p. 292To form a cope or arch; to bend; to bow. [Obs.] “Some bending down and coping toward the earth.” Holland.Cōpe, v. i. p. 292To enter into or maintain a 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…Cōpe, v. t. p. 292To match one's self against; to have dealings with; to accost. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and stroke him down, the disdain and…Cō'peck, n. p. 292A Russian coin of copper, worth about three quarters of a cent.Cōpe'man, n. p. 292A chapman; a merchant. [Obs.] He would have sold his part of paradise For ready money, had he met a copeman. B. Jonson.Co-pĕr'ni-can, a. p. 292Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth, who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.Cōpes'māte, n. p. 292A striver in friendship; an associate or companion; a friend. [Obs.] Misshapen Time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.Cōpe'stōne, n. p. 292(Arch.) Head or top stone, as of a wall; coping; — called also coping-stone.Co-phō'sis, n. p. 292(Med.) Deafness.Cŏp'i-er, n. p. 292One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber. 2. An imitator; a plagiary.Cōp'ing, n. p. 292(Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; — sometimes called capping. Gwilt.Cō'pi-oŭs, a. p. 292Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant. The tender heart is peace. And kindly pours its copious treasures forth In various converse. Thomson. Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall…Cō'pi-ōus-ly, adv. p. 292In a copious or abundant manner; plentifully; largely; amply.Cō'pi-ōus-ness, n. p. 292Fullness of supply; great quantity; abundance; plenty. 2. Diffusiveness of style or manner of treating a subject; opposed to conciseness. “The copiousness of Homer.” Dryden. Syn.—Abundance; plenty…Cŏp'ist, n. p. 292A copier. [Obs.] “A copist after nature.” Shaftesbury.Cōp'land, n. p. 292A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [Obs.] Bailey.Co-plānt', v. t. p. 292To plant with something else, or at the same time. [Obs.] Howell.Co-pōr'tion, n. p. 292Equal share. [Obs.] Spenser.Cō'tos, n. p. 292(Med.) Weariness resulting from disease; a morbid lassitude.Cŏpped, a. p. 292Rising to a point or head. “Copped like a sugar-loaf.” Wiseman.Cōp'pel, n. p. 292The same as CUPEL.Cŏp'per, n. p. 292A metal of a reddish color, ductile, malleable, and tenacious. It is among the most elastic and sonorous of the metals. It fuses at 2000° of Fahrenheit, and has a specific gravity varying from 8.8 to…Cŏp'per, a. p. 292Consisting of, or resembling, copper. “A hot and copper sky.” Coleridge.Cŏp'per, v. t. p. 292To cover or sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.Cŏp'per-as, n. p. 292Sulphate of iron, or green vitriol; a salt of a green color, and styptic, astringent taste. ☞ It is much used in dyeing black, and in making ink, and in medicine as a tonic. The copperas of commerce…Cŏp'per-bŏt'tomed, a. p. 292Having a bottom sheathed with copper, as a ship.Cōp'per-fāced, a. p. 292Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.Cŏp'per-făst'ened, a. p. 292Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, &c.