copepods

pl. [COPEPOD A.] (q. v.). Zool.: The English equivalent of COPEPOD A "Both marine and fresh water Copepods are known."_ Nicholson : Zool . (5th ed.), p. 278. *coper, s . [Eng. cope (3), v.; -er.] 1. Ord . Lang .: A dealer; now only surviving in this sense in the compound horse - coper (q. v.). 2. Lead - mining : One who contracts to raise lead ore at a fixed rate. Co-per-ni-can, a . [Pertaining to Copernicus, the Latinized form of Copernik or Zopernic, a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, a canon of Thorn, in Pru ia. IMG:content-0896.png:[blocks in formation] As e'er my conversation coped withal." Shakesp.: Hamlet, iii. 2. 2. To engage with as an enemy; to struggle, to contend; to enter into a hostile contest. (Followed by with before the opponent.) "If our free pa age they contest; Cope thou with two, I'll match the rest." Scott : The Lord of the Isles , iii. 18. 3. To oppose or contend with succe fully; to be a match for. (1) Of an enemy: "Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens,."-Add is on: Whig Examiner. (2) Of immaterial things , as dificulties , dangers , .: he was ill qualified to cope with those difficulties."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiv. cō-pěck, kō-pěck, s . [Ru ian (?).] A Ru ian coin, the hundredth part of a ruble (q. v.), worth about three-quarters of a cent. coped, *copede, a. [COPE (2), 8.] [COPPED.] 1. Dre ed in or wearing a cope. 2. Furnished with a coping. *cope-man, s. [Dut. koopman .] [CHAPMAN.] A merchant, a dealer. [COPESMAN.] A merchant or copeman ."-Verstegan: Rest, of Dec. Intell., ch. vii.