Copper

kop'pgr, n. A metal of reddish color, duetile, malleable, and tenacious; a coin, also a ve el, esp. a boiler, made of copper. — v. [coppered (-p?rd), -pering.] To cover or sheathe with copper. [D. koper, G. kupper, F. cuivre, LL. cuper, L. cuprum (contr. Cupriwn Cyprian bra ), Gr. kuprios, pert, to Cyprus, whence the Romans got copper.] — Cop'permg, n. Act of covering with, or a covering of, etc.— Cpp'perish, -pery, a. Containing or like, etc. — Cop'per-head, n. A poisonous American serpent, which gives no warning of attack. —plate, n. An engraved plate of polished copper; a print from such a plate. —smith, w. One who manufactures copper utensils. —worm, n. A eve. term In, Ice Odd, tone, dr 131 COPPICE 115 small worm, which penetrates the bottoms of ships; the ring-worm. — Cop'per as, n. Sulphate of iron, or green vitriol; a green salt, of a styptic, astringent taste. [OF. eoperose, perh. f L. cupri rosa, copper rose; cf. Gr. chalkanthos, copperas, bra -flower.] Coppice, kop'pis, Copse, kops, n. A wood of small growth; underwood; brushwood. [OF. copeiz, newly cut wood, coper, to cut, cop (F. coup), a blow, stroke, LL. colpus, L. colaphus, Gr. kolaphos, a blow.] — Copse, v. To trim or cut, as brushwood.