Copy (n.) An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.
Copy (n.) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
Copy (n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.
Copy (n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.
Copy (n.) Copyhold; tenure; lease.
Copied (imp. & p. p.) of Copy
Copying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Copy
Copy (n.) To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.
Copy (n.) To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
Copy (v. i.) To make a copy or copies; to imitate.
Copy (v. i.) To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.
Copyer (n.) See Copier.
Copygraph (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.
Copyhold (n.) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court.
Copyhold (n.) Land held in copyhold.
Copyholder (n.) One possessed of land in copyhold.
Copyholder (n.) A device for holding copy for a compositor.
Copyholder (n.) One who reads copy to a proof reader.
Copying (a. & n.) From Copy, v.
Copyist (n.) A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.
Copyright (n.) The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
Copyright (v. t.) To secure a copyright on.
Coquelicot (n.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose.
Coquelicot (n.) The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.
Coquetted (imp. & p. p.) of Coquet
Coquetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coquet
Coquet (v. t.) To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.
Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.
Coquetries (pl. ) of Coquetry
Coquetry (n.) Attempts to attract admiration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love.
Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.
Coquette (n.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t.
Coquettish (a.) Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
Coquettishly (adv.) In a coquettish manner.
Coquilla nut () The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
Coquimbite (n.) A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.
Cor- () A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.
Cor (n.) A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.
Cora (n.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.
Coracle (n.) A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.
Coracoid (a.) Shaped like a crow's beak.
Coracoid (a.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.
Coracoid (n.) The coracoid bone or process.
Corage (n.) See Courage
Coral (n.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.
Coral (n.) The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.
Coral (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
Coraled (a.) Having coral; covered with coral.
Coral fish () Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
Corallaceous (a.) Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.
Corallian (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.
Coralliferous (a.) Containing or producing coral.
Coralliform (a.) resembling coral in form.
Coralligena (n. pl.) Same as Anthozoa.
Coralligenous (a.) producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous.
Coralligerous (a.) Producing coral; coralliferous.
Corallin (n.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.
Coralline (a.) Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.
Coralline (n.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.
Coralline (n.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.
Corallinite (n.) A fossil coralline.
Corallite (n.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.
Corallite (n.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal.
Coralloid (a.) Having the form of coral; branching like coral.
Coralloidal (a.) resembling coral; coralloid.
Corallum (n.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.
Coral-rag (n.) Same as Corallian.
Coralwort (n.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.
Coranach (n.) A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.
Corant (n.) Alt. of Coranto
Coranto (n.) A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.
Corb (n.) A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.
Corb (n.) An ornament in a building; a corbel.
Corban (n.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not to be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow.
Corban (n.) An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.
Corbe (a.) Crooked.
Corbell (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.
Corbell (n.) Small gabions.
Corbel (n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Corbel (v. t.) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
Corbel-table (n.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.
Corbies (pl. ) of Corby
Corbie (n.) Alt. of Corby
Corby (n.) The raven.
Corby (n.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.
Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
Corchorus (n.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.
Corcle (n.) Alt. of Corcule
Corcule (n.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.
Cord (n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Cord (n.) A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
Cord (n.) Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
Cord (n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
Cord (n.) See Chord.
Corded (imp. & p. p.) of Cord
Cording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cord
Cord (v. t.) To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
Cord (v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Cordage (n.) Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.