Copper

kop′ėr, n. a moderately hard metal of a fine red colour, perhaps the first metal employed by man: money made of copper—e.g. 'a copper' = a penny or halfpenny: a ve el made of copper.— adj. made of copper: copper-coloured.— v.t. to cover with copper.— adj. Copp′er-bott′omed , having the bottom covered with copper, as a ship— n. Copp′er-cap′tain , one who styles himself captain without grounds.— adjs. Copp′er-faced , faced with copper, as type; Copp′er-fas′tened , fastened with copper bolts.— ns. Copp′er-head , a United States snake: ( U.S. ) a northern sympathiser with the South in the Civil War; Copp′ering , the act of sheathing with copper: a covering of copper.— adjs. Copp′erish , Copp′ery , Cū′preous , containing or like copper.— ns. Copp′er-nick′el , arsenical nickel, niccolite; Copp′er-nose , a red nose caused by intemperance; Copp′erplate , a plate of polished copper on which something has been engraved: an impre ion taken from the plate; Copp′er-pyrī′tes , a double sulphide of copper and iron of yellow hue; Copp′er-smith , a smith who works in copper; Copp′er-work , a place where copper is wrought or manufactured; Copp′erworm , the ship-worm.— Hot coppers , parched tongue and throat after a bout of drinking. [Low L. cuper —L. cuprum , a contr. of cyprium aes , 'Cyprian bra ,' because found in Cyprus .]