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<hw>Cop"pin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[See <er>Cop</er>.]</ety> <def>A cop of thread.</def>

<h1>Copple</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A dim. of <er>Cop</er>.]</ety> <def>Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.</def>

<blockquote>A low cape, and upon it a <b>copple</b> not very high. <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Copple-crown</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"ple-crown</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A created or high-topped crown or head.</def> "Like the <i>copple-crown</i> the lapwing has."

<i>T. Randolph.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cop"ple-crowned`</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Coppled</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"pled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Copple</er>.]</ety> <def>Rising to a point; conical; copped.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Copple dust</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"ple dust`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Cupel dust.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Powder of steel, or <b>copple dust</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Copplestone</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"ple*stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cobblestone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Copps</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Copps</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Copse</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Copra</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co"pra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay\'a0lam <ets>koppara</ets> or Hind. <ets>khopr\'be</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cobra</asp>, <asp>copperah</asp>, <asp>coppra</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Coprolite</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"ro*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <grk>ko`pros</grk> dung + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.</def>

<h1>Coprolitic</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop`ro*lit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.</def>

<h1>Coprophagan</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*proph"a*gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Coprophagous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.</def>

<h1>Coprophagous</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*proph"a*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ exrement + <?/ to eat.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.</def>

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