copying press

A machine for taking a copy of a writing by pre ure. The usual system is to write with an ink having a somewhat viscid character, and to expose the written page to pre ure in contact with a leaf of bibulous paper. ( Knight.) copying-telegraph, s. An apparatus for automatic telegraphy known as Bonelli's telegraph. The apparatus consists of a dispatching instrument and a receiver at the respective ends of the line. ( Knight.) cop-ỹ-Ist, s. [Eng. copy; -ist.] 1. One who copies or transcribes an original; a copier. "All these copyists are not equally dexterous in effacing and cleaning these manuscripts." -Jortin: Eccles. Hist. 2. One who imitates in any way; one who follows a pattern or model; an imitator. "Colo al copyist of deformity." Byron: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , iv. 152. cor coquelicot, coquelico (pron. kōk-11-cô), s. [Fr.] 1. The Wild Poppy or Red Corn-rose. 2. The color of the Wild Poppy, a reddish-orange color. *co-quet' (quet as kět), s . [COQUETTE.] co-quet (quet as kět), v . t. & i. [Fr. "coqueter to swagger or strowte like a cock on his owne dung-hill" ( Cotgrave ); from coq =a cock.] A. Trans.: To entertain or ply with compliments and love-making; to pretend to make love to; to flirt with. B. In trans.: To endeavor, through vanity, to attract lovers, or at least admirers; to act the coquette; to flirt.