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Cop they used to call

The tops of many hills.

Drayton.

2. A conical or conical-ended mass of
coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle,
etc.

3. A tube or quill upon which silk is
wound.

4. (Mil. Arch.) Same as
Merlon.

5. A policeman. [Slang]

Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste,
composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part
of the yarn has been unwound.

{ Co*pai"ba (?; 277), Co*pai"va (?) },
n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil.
cupaúba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid,
yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of
Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and
the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used
in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam
of copaiba. [Written also capivi.]

Co"pal (kō"pal; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican
copalli, a generic name of resins.


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