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Show cCrO™ CO' rp a c r [ / 7 COPA''R 7o Cors. w. n 1. To contend; to ftrugple has aith before the thin pofed. [In this fenfe i Th doubtful etymology - ticeps, Lat. d a s e e r p e l c i r h o a Coparcener i i r p u e v h a c f a $n common law ll w C o f c a t o n the inherit a d d v d a e o b w i f r l This gre e e i e h u d v f t e t partition made b f c e e l r v f r n c a o e t of thefe portions rm r e t i w l y r i i f r the fame j c i o p o w t i e u h {hal and his fon fome other word of the fame import; f that to cope with fignifies to interchang blows, or any thing elfe, with another. Let our train March by us, that we may perufe the me Shak. Henry IV We fhould have cop'd withal c o a f u e A /# CoraR Phillips's World of Words [co and pariner. One that has a fhare in fome commo It is likely thou wilt undertak A thing, like death, to chide away this fhame That copes with death itfelf, to *fcape from it Shakefpeare ton has ufed it both with o/ and 7z But Eve wasEve This far his over-match, who, felf-deceiv' #. / "COPA'RTNER flock or affair; one equally concerned a fharer; a partaker; a partner. MMi/ And rafh, beforehand had no better weigh' The ftrength he was to cope with, or his own Milton They perfeétly underftood both the hares an L'Efirange the enemy they were to cope withal On every plain Our faithful friends Th' affociates and copartners of our lofs Milton's Paradife Loft Shall I to him make know As yet my change, and give him to partak Full happinefs with me ? Or rather not But keep the odds of knowledge in my pow'r Milton's Paradife Loft Without copartner Rather by the Hoft cop'd with hoft, dire.was the din of war Philips Their generals have not been able to egpe wit the troops of Athens, which I have conducted Addifon's Whig Examiner If the mind apply itfelf firft to eafier fubjects T gain'd what I have gain'd, and with them dwel Copartner in thefe regions of the world Milton's Paradife Regain'd CoPA'RTNERSHIP. 7. /. [from copartner. The ftate of bearing an equal part and things near a-kin to what is already known and then advance to the more remote and knott parts of knowledge by flow degrees, it will be able in this manner, to cope with great difficulties, an prevail over them with amazing and happy fuccefs Watts on the Mind o poflefling an equal fhare In cafe the father left only daugliters, the daugh ters equally fucceeded to their father as in coparz Co'paTAIN, adj. [from cop, ed ; pointed Hale .. nerfbip z. Toencounter ; tointerchange kindnef or fentiments High raifHanmer Of excellent witchcraft, who of force muft kno {fcarlet cloke, and a copatain hat Theroyal fool thou cop'f} with. Shak. Winter's Tale Shake[peare's Taming of the Shrezv v capivi copivi capayva cu- copayva payva, cupayba.] A gum which diftil from a tree in Brafil, It is much ufe in diforders of the urinary paffages Cork. #. /. [See Cor. i 1. Any thing with which the head is covered 2. A facerdotal cloak, or veftment worn i facred miniftration 3. Any thing whic is fprea All thefe things that are containe Within this goodly cope, both moft and leaft Spenfer Their being have, and daily are increaft Over head the difmal hif Of fiery darts in flaming volleys flew And flying vaulted either hoft with fire So; under fiery cope, together rufl' Milton's Paradife Loff Both battles main The fcholar believes there is no man under th cope of heaven, whois fo knowing as his mafter Dryden 7o CorE. @. a. [from the noun. 1. To cover, as with a cope. Addifon on Itcly 2. 'To contend with ; to oppofe., Know my name is loft By treafon's tooth bare gnawn, and canker-bit' Yet am I noble as the adverfar Shakefpeare's King Lrar T come to cope 3. To reward to give in return - Have, by your wifdom, been this day acquitte Of grieyous penalties ; in licu whereof - We freely cope your courteous pains withal : ‘VQL I Not in ufe 1 will make him tell the tale anew Where, how, how oft, how long ago, and when He hath, and is again to cope your wife Shake[peare's Othells Co'pEsMATE. n. /. [perhaps for cutfimate a companion in drinking, or one tha dwells unde Companio the fame cope ; friend for houfe. An old word Ne ever ftaid in place, ne fpake to wight Till that the fox his copefmate he had found Hubberd's Tale Co'P1ER. 7. /. [from copy. 1. One that copies ; a tranfcriber A coin is in no danger of having its charaler altered by copiers and tranicribers 4ddifon on Coins 2. One that imitates ; a plagiary ; an imitator Withou inventio a painter is but a copier, an a poet but a plagiary of ot Dryden's Dufrefncy Let the faint copier, ox old Tiber's fhore, Nor mean the tafk, each breathing buft explore Line after line with painful patience trace This Roman grandeur, that Athenian grace. Tickel Co'pinc #. / [from cspe. 'The uppe tire of mafonry which covers the wall And kindly pouts its copious treafures fort Thomfon's Spring In various converfe 2. Aboundin in words or images ; no barren; not confined; not concife thy nam Hail, Son of God, Saviour of men Shall be the copions matter of my fon Henceforth, and never fhall my harp thy praif Forget, nor from thy Father's praife disjoin Milton Co'rrousry. adv. [from copious. 1. Plentifully; abundantly ; in great quantities 2. At large; without brevity or concifenefs; diffufely Thefe feveral remains have been fo copionfly deferibed by abundance of travellers, and other wri ters, that it is very difficult to make any ne Addifon difcoveries on fo beaten a fubjett Co'p10UsNESS. 7. /. [from copious. 1. Plenty ; abundance; great quantity exuberance 2, Diffufion ; exuoberance of ftyle The Roman orator endeavoured to imitate th copioufnefs of Homer, and the Latin poet made i his bufinefs to reach the concifenefs of DemofDryden thenes = /. [from copy. Co'risT A copier tranfcriber ; an imitator Co'pLaND. 7 /. A piece of ground i which the land terminates with an acut Di& angle Co'prep. adj. [from cgp. top or head Rifing to It was broad in its bafis, and fofe copped like Wifeman's Surgery fugar-loaf A galeated efchinus being copped and fomewha WWoodwarde conic fpelt [This word is variouil 7. / Co'ppeL as copel, cupel, cuple, and cupple A but I cannot find its etymology. inftrument ufed in chymiftry, in th form of a difh, -made of afhes, wel wafhed to cleanf the fro all thei {alt ; or of bones thoroughly calcined Its ufe is to try and purify gold and filver, which is done by mingling lea with the metal, and expofing it i1n th coppel to a violent fire a long while The impurities of the metal will the be carried off in drofs, which is calle the litharge of gold and filver. Th Harris refiners call the coppel a teft CO'PPER #. / [koper, Dutch 5 caprum Latin.] One of the fix primitive metals Coppe is the mof after gold and filver lapis calamipari duile and malleabl metai Of a mixture of copper an is forme brafs5 a compofition o copper and tin makes bell-metal an copper an brafs, melted in equal quantities, produces what th French call bronze, ufed for figures and ftatues Chambers All thefe were of coftly ftones, even from the Two vefiels of fine copper, precious as gold - foundation unto the ‘coping 1 Kings, Vii. g Jad Ezra, viile. 27 The' coping; the modillions, or dentils, make noble fhew by their graceful projections Addifon's Frecholder 1 Plentiful abundant exuberant i great quantities Rofe, as in dance, the ftately trees, and fp rea Shat, The tender heart is peace Copper is heavier than iron or tin; but lighte than filver, lead, and gold Hill on Foffils CO'PIOUS. adj. [copia, Latin. 1 and my frien - Three thoufand ducats, due unto the Jew Shakefpeare's Hamlet 70 CoprE. w. a. Toembrace A very large bridge, that is all made of wood and coped over head -over th head ; as the concave of the fkies ; an archwork over a door S Thou art e'en as juft a man As e'er my converfation cop'd withal z f. [It is fometimes writte Cora'vva Thou frefh piec Oh, fine villain ! a filken doublet, a velvet hofe, to buy, o Funius derives it from koopen Dawies on Ireland parceners to firive. I or perfon opis a word o conjetture o Full meafure only bound Excefs, before the all-bounteous king, who fhow'r' With copious hand, rejoicing in their joy. Milton This alkaline acrimony indicates the copions uf of vinegar and acid fruits. Arbuthnot on Aliments Their byanches hung with copions fruit Milton Co'prer. . /i A veflel made of copper commonly ufed for a boiler larger tha a moveable pot They boiled it in a copper to the half; the they poured it into earthen veflels. Bac. Nat., Hiff COPPER-NOSE red nofe 7. /. [copper and wofe. 3 H |