copper 
copping-rail 
The resident landlords, for the most part, did .their duty copperbell (kop'er-bel), w. 81 
well cMablishin;; soup ,../,/",-.< and dUtrihiitim; cooked /,,.,/ ] 
tod. r.S few msh Mis,, ft, b, u.,,,...,, P. ,:,- cop ' belly (k()p 'er-bel ij. ,, 
Same as coppcr- 
I shall IK) presented by u *rt of 
of you. li. J 
/:/,rr-lart4 scoundrel! 
utvn, Poetaster, iii. 1. 
copperbelly (kop'er-bel' i), . The popular copper-nickel (kop'er-nii'el), . Same as ntc- 
llenei 3. /-/. The inoiit li, throat, nii.l stoniiieh, nanie of a common harmless serpent of the 
as the receptacle and digester of food. See 
[Slang.] 
. United States, the Coluber or Troiiidoiiotus or 
hot coppvrx, below. [Slang.] Kerodia ertjthrogaxter, having a uniformly cop- 
A fellow cant enjoy hi.s hmikta-t alter that [devilled pi-r-colorcd belly. Batrd ailll liiriinl. 
tones and, nulled POK i w,n ;; m, ,,,,,,, ,1,1,^,0,,,^ ,,,,,,,, Mt (kop 'er-bit), n. A soldering-iron 
having a eopper point. 
4. A copper com; a penny ;_ a cent; :- C ppp e r-bottomed (kop'er-bot'umd), a. Hav- 
ing the bottom sheathed with copper, as a 
wooden ship. 
copper-captain (kop'er-kap'tan), n. One who 
calls himself a captain without any right to the 
title. 
) this copper captain . . . was confided the command 
iV ; 
lively, eopper money; small change. 
My friends tilled my pockets with i-n;/ywr. 
FraMin, Autobiog., I. 
If this is to be done out of bis salary, he will be a twelve- 
month without a ri'/'i" -r to live on. 
Ji'/frmtn, Correspondence, II. .'t-1. 
5 In faro, a check small disk like a coin or ^^J^gf Irvinijt Knickerbocker, p. 314. 
other convenient object, used to copper win. 
See ,;,,,/ r, r., '_'. 6. pi. Copper butterflies. See copper-colored (kop'er-kul'ord), n. Of a cop- 
butt<:rJlu. 7. A reel used by wire-drawers to per color: applied especially to the American 
,r>. A .. <! ,., Indians, from the color of their skin. 
Faced with 
copper Copper-faced type, a printing-type the face 
of which is protected by a thin Him of copper deposited 
upon it by means of the galvanic battery, to increase its 
durability. 
lopper-fastened (kop'er-fas'nd), a. Fastened 
with eopper instead of iron or steel bolts, as 
the planking of a ship. 
Same as c/i/- 
wind Wire upon. Azure copper ore. same as mu- Indians, from the color of their skin. 
riir, i. Black copper. (-0 I'nreitiied copper in which copper-faced (kop er-fast), a. 
thi- metal Inis not been deprived of all its impurities in 
the process of sini'ltlllg. (b) Tho native black oxld mela- 
conltc. Blanched copper. SwMMMM Blue cop- 
per ore. Same as r/,-i/, .(.-, i Bungtown copper, a spu- 
rious coin countcrfeitim; UK- Dullish copper halfpenny. 
It never was a legal coin. [New Kiigland.) 
Wait till the flowers is none, . . . they (herbs) wouldn't 
fetch u lnin : ii"ii-ii ("/'/'/. 5. Jvdd, Margaret, I. 4. 
l.\ , Prance. Ainu railed cAMfyitt*. OOVpV mica. 
Same as thalmiilojlliif. Copper pyrites. Same as chat- 
oopyritt. Copper vitriol, hydrous copper sulphate in 
blur triclinic crystal*. When occurring native, it is the 
mineral chalcunthite. Also called cyanose or cyanoiite. 
Emerald copper, the popular name of dioptase. 
Enamelers' copper, the flue copper used as the basis of 
enameled dial-plates. -Gray Cppper. See tetrahedritc. 
Hot coppers, a puvhad condition of the mouth, throat, 
and stomach resulting from excessive indulgence in strong 
drink. See capiirr, n., :t. (Slang. 1 Hydrated copper 
OXld, ('u(OH>_>, a pale-blue oxld precipitated when the so- 
lution of a pfotosaltof copper is mixed with caustic al- 
kali In excess. If this mixture is raised to the boiling 
point or beyond, the hydrate is decomiK>sed even in the 
presence of water, and a black anhydrous copper oxid is 
formed. The hydruted oxid is used, mixed with glne or 
size and a little chalk or alumina, as a blue pigment or 
color for paper-staining. It soon acquires a greenish tinge. 
Also called Brent/>n bltui or blue wrditer. IndigO-COP- 
per. Same as enivlliu. Mass Copper. See barrel-work. 
Purple or variegated copper. Same as bornite. 
Red copper, native oxid of copper of various shades of 
red. Sec ni iii-it''. Stannate of copper. Same as On- 
e*fa'ffren(\vhichsce, under are fit). Velvet copper ore. 
See eiianolricliile. Vitreous copper. See chalcocite. 
White COPPer. Same as packfuwi. 
II. a. Consisting of or resembling copper. 
I have heard the prince tell him . . . that that ring was 
r,,,,,,,',-. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., Til. S. 
I had as lief Helen's (?olden tongue had commended 
Troilus for a copper nose. Shak., T. and C., I. 2. 
All in a hot and copper sky 
The bloody sun, at noon, 
Right up above the mast did stand, 
No bigger than the moon. 
Coleridge, Ancient Mariner, li. 
Copper bit or bolt. See hin .-- Copper butterflies, see 
liiitlrrllii. 
copper (kop'er), r. t. [< copper, .] 1. To cov- 
er or sheathe with sheets of copper: as, to cop- 
PIT a ship. 2. In/rtro, to place a copper (cent) 
or other token upon (a card), to indicate that 
the player wishes to bet against that card ; bet 
against : as, to copper a card ; to copper a bet. 
copperah (kop'e-rii), . Same as copra. 
copperas (kop'"e-'ras), . [Formerly copras, 
ni/n-i.t. opppTMM, < ME. coperose, < OF. coupe- 
rose, F. coupcroite = Sp. caparrosa, capparos, 
formerly with the Ar. art., oioaparroML = Pg. 
caparrOHa, citpparomt = It. cuppm-mui, < ML. co- 
poronii. cupi-roKii, ciiprosa, a corruption of "cii)>ri 
rosn (> MD. kopcr-roose), lit. rose of copper: cu- 
copper + hrati ; 
color of its 
head.] 1. A common venomous serpent of the 
United States, Trigonocephalus or Ancistrodon 
contortrix. It is of rather small size, generally under 
two feet in length, and of a dull pale-chestnut or hazel 
color with numerous (16-25) inverted, Y-shaped, dark 
copperas, lit. 'copper-vapor': see reek 
xa/.navOof, copperas, lit. 'copper-flower. 
'] Green 
Copperhead ( Trigonocepkaltts coHtffrtrt'jr). 
blotches. The ground color is brighter-reddish on the head, 
the sides of which present a cream-colored streak. It be- 
longs to the same genus as the water-moccasin (T. pucitn- 
run), but is not aquatic. Unlike the rattlesnake, the cop- 
perhead has the habit of striking without previous move- 
ment or warning, whence its name Is a synonym of hidden 
danger or secret hostility. Also called cojtperbell and red 
mper. 
Hence 2. During the civil war in the United 
States, a northern sympathizer with the rebel- 
lion : so called by the Unionists. 
Moreover, the copperheads of the North have done every- 
thing in their power to render It (the draft) Inoperative. 
//. W. Halleck, N. A. Rev., CXLIII. 500. 
3f. A term of ridicule or contempt applied to 
the early Dutch colonists of New York. 
The Yankees sneeringly spoke of the round-crowned 
burghers of the Manhattoes as the Coi>prrlim<lt. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 402. 
copperheadism (kop'er-hed-izm), n. [< copper- 
hi'iiil, 2, + -ism."] In the period of the civil war 
in the United States, northern sympathy with 
the rebellion. 
There is the contest within the party between its best 
and its worst element*, the representatives of a new .-fa 
and of a future, and the exponents uf the coppeThraili*in 
of the war and the traditions and issues of the past. 
S. Bmrltl, in Merriam, II. 40. 
[Verbal n. of cop- 
covering or sheathing 
" a ship. 2. The 
_ iifl of a ship's 
bottom. 3. In gambling, tne act of wagering 
that a certain card will lose. 
ish, or whitish, but more usually green. It is 
much used in dyeing black, in milking ink, in medicine a~ 
a tonic, in photography us a developing a^ent, etc. DK- 
solved in water, iu tile protxirtioll of a pound and a half 
to the gallon, it i- :tl-i> used as a disinfectant for sinks. 
sewers, etc. The < upperas of commerce is usually made 
by the decomposition of iron pyrites. The term e. >/./.. -m.< 
ormcrly svnonymons uith rit.-i"/, and included the 
green, blue, 'mid while vitriols, or the sulphates of iron, 
copper, and /inc. Blue Copperas. Same a- />/' */i';. 1. 
Copperas-black. See 1,1, !,!,. White copperas, see 
iiu/iii'mWc and : ni,i,-i'i?. -Yellow copperas. Same as 
"''' 
///"+ -ation.] Impregnation with copper, or 
with some preparation containing copper. 
Copperize (kop'er-iz), r. t. : pret. and pp. copprr- 
i~cd, ppr. ciip)tcri~iinj. [< copper + -/*<*.] To im- 
pregnate with eopper, or with some preparation 
containing copper Copperized ammonia, am- 
monia holding in solution copper hydrate. It is used as 
a solvent for pa|>er. cotton, and other forms of cellulose. 
Also called i'n},rn.ii tiuiinniiiiii. 
copper-laced (kop'er-last), a. Trimmed or dec- 
orated with copper lace, instead of gold hiee. 
coppernose (kop'er-noz), n. The copper-nosed 
sunlisli. I.f/Minitx inilliiliif. 
copper-nosed i kop'er-nozd), a. Having a red 
or copper-colored nose. Copper-nosed bream, a 
sunli-h. /, I'i'iiiix I'tlllidut. Also called i-"i>i>fmo*c, blue 
copperplate (kop'er-plat), n. and a. I. n. 1. 
A plate of polished copper on which a writing, 
picture, or design is made in sunken lines by 
engraving or etcning. From this plate, when charged 
with suitable ink, impressions of the design may lie pro- 
duced on paper or vellum by pressure. 8ee engraving. 
2. A print or an impression from such a plate. 
II. a. Engraved or etched on copper, or 
printed from a copperplate: as, a copperplate 
engraving. 
copper-powder (kop'er-pou'dSr), n. A bronz- 
ing-powder made by saturating nitrons acid 
with copper, and precipitating the latter by the 
addition of iron. The precipitate is then thor- 
oughly washed. 
copper-rose (kop'er-roz), n. The red field-pop- 
py. Also c uprose, cuprose. [Prov. Eng. ] 
coppersmith (kop'er-smith), n. 1. A worker 
in copper ; one whose occupation is to manu- 
facture copper utensils. 
Alexander the copixrmiith did me much evil. 
2 Tim. Iv. 14. 
2. A book-name of the tambagut. 
copper-wall (kop'er-wal), n. In sugar-making, 
an obsolete arrangement of boilers or open pans 
for the evaporation of cane-juice, consisting 
of five iron boilers called teaches, which were 
walled in one row and heated by a common fire. 
The juice from the crushing-mill was conducted into the 
boiler furthest from the fire, and ladled successively from 
one boiler to another, until In that nearest the fire the 
evaporation was completed. 
copperwing(kop'er-wing), n. A copper-winged 
butterfly ; a copper butterfly. 
cppperwork (kop'er-wrk), n. Work executed 
in copper, or the part of any structure wrought 
in copper. 
copper-works (kop'er-werks), . ging. or pi. 
A place or places where copper is wrought or 
manufactured. 
copper-worm (kop'er-werm), . 1. The ship- 
worm, Teredo navalis. 2f. "A moth that fret- 
teth garments." Johnson. [Not identified; ap- 
parently some tineid or its larva.] 3f. "A 
worm breeding in one's hand." Johnson. [Not 
identified; apparently the itch-insect or itch- 
mite, Sarcoptts scabiei.} 
coppery (kop'er-i), a. [< copper + -y 1 .] Con- 
taining or resembling copper; having any 
quality of copper: as, a coppery solution; a 
coppery taste. 
If the eclipse (of the moon] becomes total the whole disk 
of the moon will nearly always be plainly visible, shining 
with a red, coppery light. 
Xetccomb and lloUicn, Astron., p. 171. 
coppi, ". Plural of coppo. 
coppice, copse (kop'is, kops), n. [The form 
copse is a contr. of coppice; cf. E. dial, coppy, 
not found in ME., taken as a sing, of the sup- 
posed plural coppice (formerly also coppies); 
< OF. copeiz (also copeau), wood newly cut, 
hence prob. underwood, coppice (> ML. copecia, 
copicia, underwood, coppice), < coper, copper. 
F. couper, cut: see coup 1 .] A wood or thicket 
formed of trees or busnes of small growth, or 
consisting of underwood or brushwood; espe- 
cially, in England, a wood cut at certain times 
for fuel. The most common trees planted or used there 
for this puii..se are the oak, chestnut, maple, birch, ash, 
and willow. When copsewood is cut down, new plants 
shoot up from the roots and form the next crop. 
Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. 
Gallium it h, DCS. VII., 1. 137. 
Tin- sweet myrtle here often attains the height of fifteen 
or twenty feet, and forms an almost impenetrable coppice, 
hurthening the air with its fragrance. Pot, Tales, I. 53. 
When tirst the liquid note beloved of men 
Conies flying over many a windy wave 
To Britain, and in April suddenly 
Breaks from a coppice genuu'd with green and red. 
Tennyion, Geraint. 
coppice (kop'is), v. t. Same as copse. 
coppilt, v. t. See cupel. 
coppin (kop'in), H. [Prob. for 'copping, verbal 
n. of "cop 1 , r.] Same as cop 1 , 8. 
copping-plate (kop'ing-plat), n. The copping- 
rail of a throstle-machine. E. H. 
copping-rail (kop'ing-ral), n. In spiniiin<i- 
iHiifli., the rail or bar on which the bobbin 
rests, and by which the roving or yarn is evenly 
distributed 'by an up-and-down motion. 
