coping (2)

[Eng. cope; -ing.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Lit .: In the same sense as II. 1. IMG:content-0899.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] [Mid. Eng. cop =a top.] The top or summit, the allel coping : A apex or pinnacle of a tower. (1) A coping over : A projecting work, beveled on its underside. (2) Flator par coping used up on faces, as gables, parapets of A. Coping (Iron Lodging-knee). B. houses, tops of The Inner Side of a Ship between garden walls, Decks. C. The Beams. D. A Port. . "Coporne, or cop or our of thynge ( coper one K. H. cop- inclined surerun P.). Capitellum."- Prompt . Parv. *coperose, s . [COPPERAS.] "Coperose, Vitriol a ."-Prompt. Parv. copes-māte, s. [Eng. cope (3), v., and mate (q. v.). One who has dealings or intercourse with another; a partner, an a ociate. [COPEΜΑΝ.] "Mi hapen Time, copes mate of ugly Night." Shakesp.: Tarquin and Lucrece , 925.