Part 2415

<hw>Cop"y*hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>One possessed of land in copyhold.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(print.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A device for holding copy for a compositor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who reads copy to a proof reader.</def>

<h1>Copying</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y*ing</hw>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>From <er>Copy</er>, <tt>v.</tt></def>

<cs><col>Copying ink</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ink</er>.</cd> -- <col>Copying paper</col>, <cd>thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press.</cd> -- <col>Copying press</col>, <cd>a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.</cd></cs>

<h1>Copyist</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.</def>

<h1>Copyright</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y*right</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.</def>

<note>&hand; In the United States a copyright runs for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions.</note> <-- now life plus 50 years, or 75 years for works created for hire. Further extension is (1996) being discussed. -->

<cs><col>International copyright</col>, <cd>an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.</cd></cs>

<h1>Copyright</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cop"y*right`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To secure a copyright on.</def>

<h1>Coquelicot</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Coque"li*cot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The wild poppy, or red corn rose.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.</def>

<h1>Coquet</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*quet"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Coquetted</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Coquetting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.</def>

<blockquote>You are <b>coquetting</b> a maid of honor. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coquet</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*quet"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); <as>as, we have <ex>coquetted</ex> with political crime</as>.</def>

<h1>Coquetry</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*quet"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Coquetries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>coquetterie</ets>.]</ety> <def>Attempts to attract admoration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love.</def> "Little affectations of <i>coquetry</i>."

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Coquette</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Co*quette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>coquet</ets>, <ets>coquette</ets>, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. <ets>coq</ets> a cock. Cf. <er>Cock</er>, <er>Cocket</er>, <er>Cocky</er>, <er>Cockade</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to grafity vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A tropical humming bird of the genus <spn>Lophornis</spn>, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See <i>Illustration</i> under <er>Spangle</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>/def>

<h1>Coquettish</h1> <Xpage=319>