Part 551

They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. Shak.

Cope"-chis`el (?), n. A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight.

Co"peck (?), n. [Russ. kopeika] A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.

Coped (?), a. Clad in a cope.

||Cop`e*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a rower.] (Zo÷l.) See Larvalla.

Cope"man (?), n. [D. koopman, fr. koopen to buy. See Cope, v. i. Chapman.] A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.]

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

Cop"e*pod (?), a. (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. One of the Copepoda.

||Co*pep"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; an oar + -poda.] (Zo÷l.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine.

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

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.

Copes"mate` (?), n. An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.]

Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.

Cope"stone` (?), n. (Arch.) A stone for coping. See Coping.

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.

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.

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 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.

Co"pi*ous*ly, adv. In a copious manner.

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; richness; exuberance.

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

Co*plan"ar (k&osl;*plān"&etilde;r), a. [Pref. co- + plane.] (Math.) Situated in one plane.

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