Part 2414

<blockquote>Let him first learn to write, after a <b>copy</b>, all the letters. <i>Holder.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(print.)</fld> <def>Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; <as>as, the printers are calling for more <ex>copy</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A writing paper <?/f a particular size. Same as <er>Bastard</er>. See under <er>Paper</er>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Copyhold; tenure; lease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Copy book</col>, <cd>a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate.</cd> -- <col>Examined copies</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>those which have been compared with the originals.</cd> -- <col>Exemplified copies</col>, <cd>those which are attested under seal of a court.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Certified</col> &or; <col>Office copies</col></mcol>, <cd>those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially.</cd></cs>

<i>Abbot.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit.</syn>

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<hw>Cop"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Copied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Copying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>copir</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>copiare</ets>. See <er>Copy</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; <as>as, to <ex>copy</ex> a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.</as>; -- often with <i>out</i>, sometimes with <i>off</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it <b>copied</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let this be <b>copied</b> out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.</def>

<blockquote>We <b>copy</b> instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. <i>Stewart.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Cop"y</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a copy or copies; to imitate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To yield a duplicate or transcript; <as>as, the letter did not <ex>copy</ex> well</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Some . . . never fail, when they <b>copy</b>, to follow the bad as well as the good things. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Copyer</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Copier</er>.</def>

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<hw>Cop"y*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.</def>

<note>&hand; The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transferred by pressure to a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin. A large number of transcripts can be taken while the ink is fresh.</note>

<blockquote>Various names have been given to the process [the gelatin copying process], some of them acceptable and others absurd; hectograph, polygraph, <b>copygraph</b>, lithogram, etc. <i>Knight.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Copyhold</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y*hold`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.</def> <i>Blackstone.</i> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Land held in copyhold.</def> <i>Milton.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Copyholds</i> do not exist in the United States.</note>

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