coppern.¹

Brit.

/ˈkɒpə/, U.S.

/ˈkɑpər/

Forms: Old English copor, Old English–1600s coper, Middle English copre, copar, copir, copyr, copur(re, koper, couper, 1500s coppar, cooper, 1500s– copper.

Etymology: Old English coper , copor , Middle English coper = Middle Dutch cōper , Dutch koper ; also Old Norse kopar (Swedish koppar , Dutch kobber ). The Old High German chuphar , Middle High German and modern German kupfer correspond to West Germanic type *kuppar , < popular Latin cuprum . The Low German forms point according to Pogatscher, to a variant Latin form *coprum (whence also Old French coevre ). The classical Latin name was Cyprium aes , Cyprium , i.e. Cyprian metal, so called in Italy from its most noted ancient source, Cyprus , Greek Κύπρος , whence Κύπριος , Cyprius . Cuprum occurs in the Edict of Diocletian, a.d. 301; compare also the post-classical derivatives cupreus , cuprinus . Before the adoption of the Roman name, copper was by the Germanic peoples included with some of its alloys under a general designation cognate with Latin aes , appearing in Gothic as aiz , West Germanic *air , Old High German êr , Old Norse eir , Old English ár , whence ore n.² Compare the wide application of Greek χαλκός.

a. One of the well-known metals, distinguished by its peculiar red colour; it is malleable, ductile, and very tenacious, and is found native as well as in many ores. Chemically it is a dyad: symbol Cu. By the alchemists it was represented by the same sign as the planet Venus (♀).

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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > copper > [noun]

copperc1000

Cu1813

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > copper

copperc1000

brass1382

c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 16 Gnid þa buteran on þæm hwetstane mid copore.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 217/9 Cyprum coper, cyprinus cypren.

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 276 Saturnus leed, and Iuppiter is tyn, And Venus Coper, by my fader kyn.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 261 Þe hille þat coper [c1450 copur] is idigged inne.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xli. 748 [Cyprus] was sometyme ful famous and namelyche of metalle of copre.

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 653/16 Hoc cuprum, copurre.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 92 Copyr, metalle, cuprum.

1485 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. xi Xii ymages of laton and couper.

1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 8 On crosse of coper.

1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 36 On crosse of cooper.

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C4 Chawke may not beare the price of Cheese, nor copper be currant to goe for paiment.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 3 Men talke of the Philosophers stone, that it turneth copper into gold.

1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 7 The 18th of April, 1764..the bottom was sheathed with copper..which was the first experiment of the kind that had ever been made on any vessel.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 23 Copper..is found in many parts of the world nearly pure, and fit for working.

b. With qualification, in the names of various compounds and ores of the metal, etc.: e.g. antimonial copper n. a sulph-antimonide of copper, chalcostibite n. at chalco- comb. form . arsenical copper n. a native copper arsenide, domeykite n. black copper n. unrefined copper after smelting. black copper n. (also black copper ore) native black oxide of copper, melaconite n. blister copper n. (blistered copper) copper as it appears after the roasting process. blanched copper n. an alloy of copper and arsenic, used for clock dials, etc. blue copper n. see blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c).† burnt copper n. Obsolete an old term for oxide of copper. Chessy copper n. a beautiful crystallized variety of Azurite, found near Chessy in France, chessylite n. dry copper n. copper in one of the resultant conditions of the refining process. emerald copper n. (also emerald copper ore) a rare silicate of copper occurring in emerald-green crystals, dioptase n. enamellers' copper n. fine copper used for enamelled dial-plates. grey copper n. (also grey copper ore) an antimonio-sulphide or arsenio-sulphide of copper, tetrahedrite n. indigo copper n. = blue copper n. (b) at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c). japan copper n. (see quot. 1875²). octahedral copper n. (also octahedral copper ore) = red copper n. phosphor copper n. an alloy of copper and phosphorus. purple copper n. (also purple copper ore) a term applied to various minerals consisting of cuprous and ferric sulphides, esp. Bornite. pyritous copper n. = yellow copper n. (b) at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2d(b). red copper n. a form of native cuprous oxide, cuprite n.† rose copper n. Obsolete (see quot. 1706). variegated copper n. (also variegated copper ore) = purple copper n. at purple adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c). velvet copper n. (also velvet copper ore) a native sulphate of copper and aluminium, cyanotrichite n. at cyano- comb. form 1. vitreous copper n. a sulphide of copper = chalcocite n. at chalco- comb. form . white copper n. an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel = German Silver, Nickel Silver.yellow copper: see the first element.

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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Rose-Copper, a copper melted several times and separated from its gross and earthy Parts.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Burnt Copper, (in Chymical Writings) is expressed by these Characters ??.

1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 78 Purple copper does not give off sulphur when ignited in a test-tube.

1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 70 Red copper..occurs crystallised in the regular system, generally in octahedrons and with octahedral cleavage.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 918 It is covered with black blisters, like cementation steel, whence it has got the name of blistered copper.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 920 Copper is also made into small ingots, about six ounces in weight. These are intended for exportation to the East Indies, and are known in commerce by the name of Japan copper.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 925 Fusion for blister copper.

1884 Whitaker's Almanack 385/2 Phosphor-copper..contains 15 per cent. of copper, and produces an extremely close-grained elastic metal which heightens the quality of copper and brass when added to them.

c. plural. Shares in a copper-mining company.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > shares in specific country or industry

railway share1822

railroad shares1828

railway stock1836

railroads1848

Canada1868

coalers1878

Mets1886

industrial1887

golds1888

Kaffir1889

electrics1892

rails1893

Westralians1894

kangaroo1896

coppers1899

the junglea1901

electricals1901

Rhodesians1901

diamonds1905

Siberians1906

steels1912

utility1930

properties1964

engineer1976

mining1983

1899 Boston Globe 28 Apr. 9/5 The largest owners of ‘coppers’ know of no investment that will be as safe and give as large returns as ‘coppers’.

1907 Daily Chron. 26 Oct. 1/7 Mines, including coppers, showed a general recovery.

1908 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 2/2 Coppers were much quieter in sympathy with Yankees.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 10/4 Listless Coppers.

1964 Financial Times 3 Mar. 1/5 Coppers improved and Kaffirs remained quietly firm.

a. Copper money; with a and plural (colloquial), a copper coin; a penny or halfpenny; a cent of the United States. Still used of the bronze which has superseded the copper coinage. Bungtown copper (U.S.), a spurious coin counterfeiting the English halfpenny.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a copper or bronze coin

brass1362

black money1468

copper1712

copper-piece1735

follis1784

brown1819

clod1925

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 362 If so our Copper byes no better treasure. ]

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋2 To chace the lads from chuck, that the beadle might seize their copper.

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 407 Neither had a wish to lay up a copper.

1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 67 He has ‘no more copper’ about him.

1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet ii, in New Monthly Mag. June 274 Chucking a copper To Jack or Bob with a timber limb.

1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. v. 83 One feels a difficulty in offering a princess the change for a shilling in coppers.

1893 N.E.D. at Copper Mod. Only a few coppers in his pocket.

b. U.S. In Faro, originally a copper coin used to ‘copper’ with (copper v.¹ 2); hence, a small disk, token or check, now used for the same purpose.

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1892 Correspt. at Cincinnati The game is now played with ivory checks for money, and checkers or buttons as ‘coppers’.

a. A vessel made of copper, particularly a large boiler for cooking or laundry purposes, originally made of copper, but now more often of iron; in plural, esp. the large boilers or cooking vessels on board ship.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > cauldron > made of copper

copper1667

copper-back1743

smut1819

1667 London Gaz. No. 136/4 The New Invention of Major Thorny Franke, for the hanging of Coppers.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 320/2 The Brewing-Pan..is..of some called a Brewers Copper from the Metal which it is made of.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 199 The chiefest of their business was to get Coppers; for each Ship having now so many Men, our Pots would not boil Victuals fast enough.

1703 London Gaz. No. 3914/8 A convenient Sugar-house..and all Utensils, viz. Two Boiling Coppers, Three Cooling Coppers, Pots and Stones.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 7 When you boil a Ham, put it into a copper.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 224 What can you expect from officers who boil their 'tators in..the ship's coppers?

1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) I. 432 For every quarter of malt mashed, the copper should contain 140 gallons.

1881 Mechanic §1219 Fixing coppers and ranges should be left to the professional bricklayer.

b. A copper mug or vessel for liquor.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > copper

copper1745

1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 104 Of the Butler they got a Copper of good Ale.

1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xiii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 238 He..darted into the public house, re-appearing in a few moments with a copper of ale and a horn in his hand.

a. A plate of copper on which a design is engraved or etched. Cf. copperplate n.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > copperplate engraving > material

brass plate1663

copper1668

copperplate1668

1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil A v How to etch in Copper..How to prepare your Copper..How to take off any Picture, or Map-letters, &c., upon your Copper.

1814 Advt. in J. Smeaton's Misc. Papers The Council of the Royal Society having granted the loan of the coppers in order to afford every facility in their power to the publication.

1887 F. Wedmore in Academy 19 Feb. 136/2 Certain of the coppers are known to have been destroyed.

b. A ceremonial copper sheet like a shield made and used by North American Indians.

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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ceremonial device or equipment

solemnity1449

copper1888

1814 U. Lisiansky Voy. round World viii. 150 Mr. Baranoff brought with him also two other Curiosities; one of which was a thin plate, made of virgin copper... These plates are only possessed by the rich.]

1888 A. P. Niblack Coast Indians S. Alaska & N. Brit. Columbia viii. 336 Amongst the Tsimshian these coppers are exhibited in a circle in upright position at the ceremony of ‘bringing out’ a girl.

1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 346/1 Perhaps the most noteworthy product is the unique, shield-like ‘coppers’ made of sheet metal and highly esteemed as symbols of wealth or distinction.

1935 W. M. Halliday Potlatch & Totem xi. 109 You know this copper; you know what I paid for it. The copper which Awalaskinis broke, and of which he gave me a piece, was not in the same class with this one.

1969 Times 22 Sept. 14/4 The ultimate gesture of bravado..was for a man to break his own ‘copper’.

5. A copper implement like a cotton reel or bobbin hollow and open at the ends, used by gold and silver wire-drawers in annealing: it is also borne by the Company in their armorial ensign.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > wire-making equipment

wortlea1525

swingle1674

reel1825

copper1828

riddle1843

1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Corporations: Gold and Silver Wire-drawers, az. on a chev. or, between two coppers in chief of the second.

1892 G. Kenning (in Letter) The copper..is a hollow copper cylinder open at the ends, and is used by wire-drawers in the process of annealing.

6. The copper sheathing of a vessel. rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > sheathing

sheathing1587

copper1836

1836 F. Marryat Pirate vii Through the clear..water her copper shone brightly.

7. Short for copper-butterfly n. at Compounds 3.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Lycaenidae > genus Lycaena > member of (copper)

copper1826

copper-butterfly-

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 652 Our native coppers also..are remarkable for the fulgid colour of these organs.

1827 L. Jermyn Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum (new ed.) 140 Lycæna Phlæas, the Common Copper.

1872 J. G. Wood Insects at Home 408 Lovely Butterflies which are known by the popular name of Blues and Coppers.

8. Phrases. (colloquial or slang). †to catch copper: to suffer harm, ‘come to grief’. hot coppers: a mouth and throat parched through excessive drinking; hence, to cool or clear one's coppers.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief

misfareOE

miswendOE

misferec1275

misspeeda1387

miscarryc1387

mischieve?a1400

to catch copper1530

to lose one's seatc1540

mischief1598

to bu(r)st one's boiler1824

to come to grief1850

to come (also go) a mucker1851

to come (fall, get) a cropper1858

mucker1862

to go or be up the flume1865

to come undone1899

to play smash1903

to come to a sticky end1904

to come unstuck1911

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > clear throat with drink

to whet one's whistle1674

to cool or clear one's coppers1831

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > dryness

hot coppers1848

xerostomia1890

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 478/2 I catche copper, I catche [h]arme, Je me endommaige. And he be nat the wyser, he maye happe to catche copper by the meanes.

1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. v. iv. sig. Fiij^v Go to, Barber, no more, least Copper you catch.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. vii. 46 Bring some grog to clear our coppers.

1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. xiii. 87 Upon which he turned a glass down his coppers.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxii. 83 His smoking tea, which went..hissing over the ‘hot coppers’ of that respectable veteran.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 43 A fellow can't enjoy his breakfast after that without something to cool his coppers.

1890 W. Besant Demoniac i. 16 In the repentant morning..when hot coppers, fiery throats..parched tongues and fevered brows are served out among young sinners.

Compounds

C1. Simple attributive.

a. Made of copper; = Old English cyperen. (Formerly often hyphenated.)

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper > made of copper

copperen1527

copper1578

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84 There is copper coine of the stampe that gold is, yet is it not currant.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P7^v Shakt his long locks, colourd like copper-wyre.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 He gaue vs..for a Copper Kettell, fiftie skins.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 50 Copper-money was coined in the Minority of the King.

1790 J. Wolcot Benevolent Epist. to Sylvanus Urban in Wks. (1812) One of Sir Joseph Banks's Copper-farthing Oracles.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 148 Wearing a copper ring.

b. Of or pertaining to copper. (Often hyphenated.)

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper

cupreous1666

copperish1667

cuprous1669

copper1720

coppery1791

1720 J. Gay Trivia ii, in Poems I. 173 Next oranges the longing boys entice, To trust their copper fortunes to the dice.

1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 46 In the gallery of a copper mine.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 101 A green oxide, called Copper Rust, or Verdigrise.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 267 This copper district contains perhaps the richest copper ores in the world.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 12/1 Copper shares continue to fluctuate.

†c. Of copper as a base metal: often with the notion of spurious, pretentious, worthless. Obsolete.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective] > of materials, metals, etc.

falsec1000

counterfeitc1449

copper1609

chemic1635

sham1699

shoful1835

imitation1840

lathen1843

simulated1942

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. Q1 As these copper-lace gentlemen growe rich.]

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. v. 105 Some with cunning guild their copper crownes.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. vi. 52 As if a man have sold you copper lace for gold; or alchymie-plate for silver.

1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 7 Whores..in their Copper trim.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 15 Here vanity..trims her robes of frize with copper lace.

1799 C. Winter in W. Jay Life (1843) 25 Beware of being golden apprentices, silver journeymen, and copper masters.[See also copper-captain n.]

d. Copper-coloured, coppery. (Cf. gold n.¹, silver n.)

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > copper

copper-coloured1697

copper1699

copperish1774

coppery1791

cupreous1804

copper-brown1842

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 128 They are..of a dark Indian copper colour.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 229 The natives of America..are of a red or copper colour.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 13 All in a hot and copper sky.

1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row iii. 39 The copper sun showed himself behind the opposite chimney.

C2.

a. Attributive.

copper-founder n.

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1863 Heroes, Philos., etc. time Louis XVI II. 85 Cagliostro married the daughter of a copper-founder.

copper-market n.

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1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 80 This I will sell in the copper-market.

copper-miner n.

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1716 London Gaz. No. 5414/3 The Governour and Company of Copper-Miners in England.

copper-office n.

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1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋2 An honest and worthy Citizen belonging to the Copper-Office.

copper-seller n.

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1707 London Gaz. No. 4316/4 Midleton Shaw..Copper-seller.

copper-turner n.

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1700 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils (1868) 359 From copper turners turned to golden guineas.

b. Objective.

copper-bearing n.

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1887 Daily News 27 Sept. 2/1 The producers of copper-bearing pyrites would be tempted to augment their sales of copper.

copper-smelting n.

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1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 46 Swansea is the centre of the copper-smelting.

c. Instrumental.

copper-poisoning n.

d. Similative.

copper-brown n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > copper

copper-coloured1697

copper1699

copperish1774

coppery1791

cupreous1804

copper-brown1842

1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 20 Their colour is a dark copper, or copper-brown.

copper-green n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens

beech-greenc1450

frost on green1559

sap1572

apple green1648

sap-green1686

myrtle green1717

Brunswick green1790

pistachio1791

pistachio green1793

mountain green1794

lettuce green1834

copper-green1843

canard1872

myrtle1872

leaf-green1880

cress-green1883

cresson1883

watercress green1883

lizard-green1897

jade1921

apple1923

laurel1923

mango1930

laurel-green1938

lettuce1963

mint1967

1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 527 The rock is of a light copper green.

copper-red n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red

rustya1398

hepaticc1420

horseflesh1530

rubiginousa1538

iron1587

bricky1615

ferrugineous1633

sand-reda1639

brickish1648

ferruginous1656

lateritious1656

brick-coloured1675

blood bay1684

testaceous1688

rust-coloureda1691

brick-red1740

brick-dust-like1765

maroon1771

rufous1782

brick-dusty1817

rusted1818

worm red1831

brownish-red1832

brown-red1835

foxy1850

rust1854

henna-coloured1865

chestnut-red1882

terra-cotta1882

copper-red1883

fox-red1910

oxblood1918

tony1921

henna-brown1931

henna-red2002

1883 Cassell's Family Mag. July 492/2 The feathers..are of shaded copper-red.

copper-yellow n.

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1882 Garden 25 Mar. 205/2 The pink and copper-yellow Tea Roses.

e. Parasynthetic.

copper-bellied adj.

copper-headed adj.

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1833 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 13 Oct. 641/2 Two new footmen, with..copper-headed canes.

copper-laced adj. (cf. Compounds 1c.)

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1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I3^v These charitable Copper-lac'd Christians.

1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine in Wks. (1673) 416 Copper-lac'd Christians cannot personate Her Tragick Scenes.

copper-toed adj.

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1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ii, in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 233/2 Copper-toed shoes.

C3. Special combinations. Also copper-belly n., copperhead n., etc.

copper age n. Archaeology the prehistoric period during which weapons, etc., were made of copper.

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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > Copper Age

copper age1881

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 11 It has been suggested that an age of copper must always have intervened between that of stone and bronze; but if so, the interval seems to have been short in Europe.]

1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. i. 2 Of this Copper Age..there are in Europe but extremely feeble traces.

1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods iii. 56 There are features in the Copper Age Culture of Thrace which point to a survival there of the earlier culture traditions.

1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) iii. 35 Copper was already competing with stone and bone as an industrial material but without in the least replacing them. This ‘Copper Age’ culture, as Turkish archaeologists label it, is fairly uniform all over the plateau.

† copper-back n. Obsolete = 3.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > cauldron > made of copper

copper1667

copper-back1743

smut1819

1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 211 He had secured the square Hole in the Middle of his Copper-back.

copper-beech n. (see beech n. 1).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > beech or beeches > [noun]

American beecha800

beecha800

beech-treec1450

weeping beech1606

red beech1789

southern beech1839

copper-beech1846

mastwort1846

red beech1882

Negrohead beech1884

stone-beech1884

mountain beech1886

Nothofagus1896

Southland beech1918

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 333 Copper beech..purple-beech.

1881 Illustr. London News 28 Mar. 332/2 Under the shade of cedars and copper beeches.

copper-bellied adj. as in copper-bellied snake: see quots.

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1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xx. 64 The Copper-bellied Snake..said to be as Venemous as the Rattle-Snake.

1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. 458 (Coluber erythrogaster) The Copper-bellied Snake is a native of North America.

copper belt n. (also copperbelt) [belt n.¹ 10b] an area of central Africa in which great quantities of copper are mined.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > tract of land

ground1548

coalfield1734

gas field1833

tin-ground1839

gold-diggings1848

goldfield1848

oilfield1863

oil belt1865

flat1869

tin-field1898

copper belt1955

oil patch1958

1955 Times 12 May 9/2 The four copper mining companies who are establishing a technical training foundation for young Europeans on the copperbelt.

1965 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xxx. 1145 The well-known Copper Belt of Katanga and Northern Rhodesia.

copper-bit n. a pointed piece of copper, riveted to an iron shank, used in soldering.

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1881 Mechanic §1505 The soldering-iron, or copper-bit as it is sometimes called.

copper bolt n. (see quot.)

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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Copper Bolt, a copper bit; a soldering tool.

copper-bound adj. ornamented with copper lace.

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1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. ii. 87 The copper bound cocked hat.

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copper-butterfly n. (cf. sense 7) the common name of the species of the genus Lycæna, so called from the metallic colouring of their wings.

copper-cap n. a percussion-cap or gun-cap, originally of copper: see cap n.¹ 14.

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c1826 Wellington in Mem. R. Davenport-Hill 231 ‘Croker, you may understand the battle of Waterloo, but I'll be d——d if you know anything of copper caps!’

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 437 Copper caps are now a misnomer..Brass caps boiled to the colour of copper are the rule.

copper-colic n. a disease to which workers in copper are subject.

copper-cut n. a copperplate engraving.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > copperplate engraving > an engraving

brass-leaf1654

copperplate1663

brasscuta1680

copper-cut1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 257/1 Drawn in all fantastick pieces and Copper-Cuts.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 107 The gaping populace gapes over Wood-cuts or Copper-cuts.

Copper Eskimo n. now rare one of a group of Inuit living near the Coppermine River in North-West Territories, Canada.Now called Copper Inuit.

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the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [noun]

Eskimo1584

Inuit1745

Skraeling1767

Inuk1876

Yuit1881

Copper Eskimo1884

Netsilik1884

Netsilingmiut1885

Caribou Eskimo1920

Eskimoid1930

Nunamiut1951

Inupiaq1957

Yupik1977

1884 in F. W. Hodge Indians of Canada (1913) 241/1 Kidnelik, a tribe of Central Eskimos living on Coronation gulf, Arctic ocean [called] Copper Eskimos.

1913 V. Stefansson in Summary Rep. Geol. Surv., Canada, 1912 492 No permanent dwellings of any kind are erected by any of the Copper Eskimo—I call them so because..copper furnishes such a characteristic and important part of their material equipment.

1922 D. Jenness Life of Copper Eskimos 9 The expedition was able to establish a base at Bernard harbour..within the territory of the Copper Eskimos.

1936 Discovery July 200/2 A prolonged study of the Copper Eskimo.

1965 Beaver Spring 15 The Copper Eskimo are the descendants of an old local Thule culture population.

† copper-face n. Obsolete = copper-nose n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > acne or acne rosacea

gout rosec1400

gome rosage?c1450

copper-face?1543

copper-nose1609

acne1743

acne rosacea1813

maggot-pimple1822

rosacea1843

acne vulgaris1848

?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. vi As touchyng a disease called Gutta rosacea, or copperface in englysh.

copper-faced adj. (a) ‘brazen-faced’ impudent; (b) of printing-type, faced with copper.

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1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. C4^v The copper-fact rascal wil for a good supper out sweare twelue dozen of graund Iuryes.

copper-fastened adj. (of a ship) fastened with copper bolts to prevent corrosion.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > nailed or fastened

copper-fastened1796

1796 Hull Advertiser 9 July 2/4 She is copper-fastened and copper-bottomed, and a remarkable fine ship.

1876 Daily News 4 Dec. 5/6 She was copper-fastened and coppered, the copper sheathing being but very slightly torn.

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copper-finch n. a provincial name of the Chaffinch (Montagu 1802).

copper-foil n. pure metallic copper, thin and bright ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).

† copper-grove n. Obsolete a copper-mine.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other mines

crystal mine1600

metal pita1603

salt mine1669

copper-grove1702

wad-mine1747

1702 R. Thoresby in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1072 My said Cousin receiv'd it from the Copper Groves at Fallum.

copper-head n. the head of a copper or boiler; see also copperhead n.

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1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 402 (note) The platform built around the edge of the copper, is called the copper-head.

copper-hells n. formerly a name for small gambling houses.

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1884 Sat. Rev. 1 Mar. 275 Minor gambling-houses..were popularly known by the ugly name of ‘copper-hells’.

† copper-hole n. Obsolete a kind of stove (see quotation).

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove

bath-stove1591

pech1591

stewpot1688

kitchen range1733

cockle1775

copper-hole1785

Franklin stove1787

kitchen stove1795

gas stove1818

calefactor1831

thermometer-stove1838

Vesta1843

airtight1844

ship-hearth1858

base-burner1861

wood-stove1875

box1878

tortoise1884

wood-burner1901

Quebec heater1903

pot belly1920

cosy stove1926–7

oil stove1934

paraffin stove1995

1785 J. Phillips Specif. Patent 1477 That species of stoves or fire places commonly called copper holes or stoke holes.

copper-hops n. a variety of hops.

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1890 Daily News 30 Sept. 2/5 The advance..on sound useful copper hops.

copper-Indian n. a North American Indian. Cf. Red Indian n.

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1799 R. Southey Nondescripts iii, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 64 My poor complexion! I am made a copper-Indian of already.

copper-iron n. attributive of copper and iron.

copper loss n. the loss of energy in the copper conductors of a dynamo or motor.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > loss of energy

copper loss1916

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun] > loss of energy

copper loss1916

1916 Standardization Rules Amer. Inst. Electr. Engin. 48 The no-load copper loss.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 197/2 Copper loss (Elec. Eng.), the loss occurring in electric..apparatus due to the current flowing in the windings... (Radio), the power dissipated as heat in an..oscillatory circuit, due to Joule effect.

copper-man n. (a) one who has the management of a copper or boiler; (b) an Australian prison term = copper n.⁴

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with boilers

copper-man1756

boiler-man1835

1756 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (new ed.) II. ii. 51 The copper-man, who has the boiling them under his care and management, puts them in a large copper.

copper pheasant n. of Japan, Syrmaticus soemmeringii.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Syrmaticus > syrmaticus soemmerringii or copper pheasant

Soemmering's pheasant1840

copper pheasant1894

1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 716 Two other species of Pheasant have been introduced to the coverts of England, P. reevesi from China, remarkable for its very long tail, white with black bars, and the Copper Pheasant, P. sœmmerringi, from Japan.

copper-piece n. a copper coin.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a copper or bronze coin

brass1362

black money1468

copper1712

copper-piece1735

follis1784

brown1819

clod1925

1735 J. Swift Let. to Middleton in Wks. IV. 194 A Parcel of Copper-Pieces, intrinsically not worth above a Crown.

copper-powder n. a precipitate of metallic copper, used in bronzing.

copper-rain n. minute globules thrown up from the surface of molten copper when it contains but little suboxide (Raymond Mining Gloss.).

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1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 123 Copper-rain, minute globules thrown up from the surface of molten copper, when it contains but little suboxide.

copper schist n. [German kupferschiefer] a dark-coloured bituminous schist impregnated with copper-ore, found in Saxony.

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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 923 Smelting of the Mansfeld copper-schist.

copper-skinned adj. having a copper-coloured skin.

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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [adjective]

blackeOE

browned-black?c1510

dark?1537

black-faced1581

adust?1586

black-visaged1602

mulatto1622

kettle-faced1680

black-favoured1681

black-a-top1685

brown-complexioned1704

blackavised1721

brunette1724

brune1747

dark-skinned1750

black-looking1753

melanic1826

melanous1836

brunet1840

copper-skinned1873

brown-skinned1904

brown-

1873 M. F. Mahony Chron. Fermors I. xiii There was no room for personal rivalry with that beady-eyed, copper-skinned..little lady.

1907 Q. Rev. July 188 The lank-haired, copper-skinned Jakuns.

copper-slate n. = copper schist n.

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1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man vii. 167 The copper slates of Thuringia.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 923 The copper-slate is sorted, according to its composition.

copper-smoke n. the gases from the calcination of sulphuretted copper ores (Raymond).

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1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 123 Copper-smoke, the gases from the calcination of sulphuretted copper-ores.

copper-snake n. = copperhead n. 1.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Agkistrodon > agkistrodon contortix (copperhead)

copper-belly1743

copper-snake1765

copperhead1775

pilot1782

copperhead snake1788

pilot snake1793

chunk-head1880

1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 46 There are..a great number of reptiles, particularly the copper-snake.

1806 T. Moore Lake of Dismal Swamp v The she-wolf stirred the brake, And the copper-snake breathed in his ear.

copper-spot n. name of a predatory beetle, Calosoma calidum, found in Canada.

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1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist 122 I took, crawling on the newly ploughed ground, the Copper-spot Carab (Calosoma Calidum), a large beetle, the elytra black, marked with rows of round hollow dots.

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copper-tail n. Australian slang a person belonging to the lower classes of society.

copper-tailed adj. Australian slang designating a person belonging to the lower classes of society.

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1890 A. J. Vogan Black Police 116 Those upper circles..termed in Australian parlance ‘silver-tailed’, in distinction to the ‘copper-tailed’ democratic classes.

copper-top n. dialect and slang a red head of hair; a red-headed person.

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1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 28 'E chews it over... Workin' 'is copper-top a double shift.

copper-topped adj.

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1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Coppertopt, red haired.

copper-wing n. a synonym in some American works of copper-butterfly.

copper-work n. = copper-works n.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > other metals

goldwork1581

copper-work1631

brass-work1665

silver-work1674

copper-works1716

lead-worksa1728

goldsmithy1878

1631 E. Jorden Disc. Nat. Bathes (1669) x. 71 We have but one Copper work that I hear of in all his Majesties Dominions, and that is at Keswick in Cumberland.

1774 S. Johnson Diary Journey N. Wales 3 Aug. (1964) V. 441 At a copper work, which receives its pigs of copper..from Warrington.

copper-works n. a place where copper is worked or manufactured.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > other metals

goldwork1581

copper-work1631

brass-work1665

silver-work1674

copper-works1716

lead-worksa1728

goldsmithy1878

1716 London Gaz. No. 5425/9 The Lease for the Cupilo, or Copper-Works..are to be Let.

copper-zinc n. attributive of copper and zinc, as a copper-zinc couple in an electrical circuit.

C4. Esp. in the names of chemical compounds and of minerals. Where also cupric adj. or cuprous adj. is used, or the form acetate of copper, etc.

copper acetate n.

copper carbonate n.

copper chloride n.

copper oxide n.

copper sulphate n.

copper sulphide n.

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copper arsenate n. a descriptive name of several minerals, e.g. olivenite n., liroconite n.

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copper-arsenide n. = arsenical copper n. at sense 1b.

copper-arsenite n. the poisonous pigment, called Scheele's green.

copper-blende n. a sulpharsenite of copper, tennantite n.

copper-bloom n. a native oxide of copper, chalcotrichite n. at chalco- comb. form .

copper-emerald n. = emerald copper n. at sense 1b, dioptase n.

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1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 243 The name Copper-Emerald intimates that this mineral..resembles emerald.

† copper-froth n. Obsolete a basic arsenate of copper; = tyrolite n. (Dana 1868).

copper-glance n. native cuprous sulphide, chalcocite n. at chalco- comb. form .

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1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 188 Copper glance is sectile.

copper-green n. (a) a general name of green pigments containing copper, as verdigris, verditer, Scheele's green, etc.; (b) an obsolete name of chrysocolla n.

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1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 237 What he describes under that name is Copper-Green.

copper-manganese n. a variety of crednerite n.

copper-mica n. a hydrous arsenate of copper, chalcophyllite n. at chalco- comb. form .

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1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 243 In the present case I use the term Copper-mica.

copper-nickel n. [ < German kupfer-nickel, so called from its resembling copper] arsenical nickel = niccolite n.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > niccolite group > nickel arsenide

copper-nickel1728

kupfernickel1796

nickeline1835

neoplase1854

niccolite1868

nickelite1883

orcelite1960

1728 J. Woodward Catal. Foreign Fossils i. 25 in Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils Copper-nicol.

1776 J. Seiferth tr. C. E. Gellert Metallurgic Chym. 47 Copper-nickel contains sometimes a good deal of copper.

copper ore n. generally any ore of copper; spec. black oxide of copper, melaconite n.

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the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > copper ore

molybdena1661

copper ore1713

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > general formula AO > black oxide of copper

copper ore1713

melaconise1839

melaconite1850

tenorite1865

Chile copper1888

paramelaconite1892

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > silver or copper ore

silver orec1325

copper ore1713

1713 Wyllys Papers in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. XXI. 380 To dig or Cause to be dugg at the Copper Mines in Symsbury as much Copper Oar as will produce and make three Tunns and half of Copper.

1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xi. 324 The interstices only between them being filled by copper-ore.

copper-pyrites n. = chalcopyrite n.

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1776 J. Seiferth tr. C. E. Gellert Metallurgic Chym. 391 Copper-pyrite.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 141 Copper pyrites projected on burning coals..gives a green color to flame.

1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 38 Of the single [three-sided pyramid] we have examples in..copper pyrites, and many other minerals.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiv. 317 The Chilian miners were so convinced that copper pyrites contained not a particle of copper, that [etc.].

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xv. 274 Marly flagstones often largely impregnated with copper-pyrites.

copper-uranite n. = torbernite n. (Dana 1844).

copper-vitriol n. = blue vitriol n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c), copperas n. 1c.

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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun] > compounds > sulphates > of copper

Roman vitriol?a1425

blue copperas1617

bluestone1651

crystals, saffron, salt, vinegar, vitriol of Venus1693

vitriol of copper1694

blue vitriol1728

copper-vitriol1770

1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 131 Copper vitriol, blue vitriol.

1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 34 If a plate of iron be inserted in a solution of copper-vitriol, it soon becomes incrusted with copper.

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单词	copper
释义	coppern.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒpə/, U.S. /ˈkɑpər/ Forms: Old English copor, Old English–1600s coper, Middle English copre, copar, copir, copyr, copur(re, koper, couper, 1500s coppar, cooper, 1500s– copper. Etymology: Old English coper , copor , Middle English coper = Middle Dutch cōper , Dutch koper ; also Old Norse kopar (Swedish koppar , Dutch kobber ). The Old High German chuphar , Middle High German and modern German kupfer correspond to West Germanic type kuppar , < popular Latin cuprum* . The Low German forms point according to Pogatscher, to a variant Latin form coprum (whence also Old French coevre* ). The classical Latin name was Cyprium aes , Cyprium , i.e. Cyprian metal, so called in Italy from its most noted ancient source, Cyprus , Greek Κύπρος , whence Κύπριος , Cyprius . Cuprum occurs in the Edict of Diocletian, a.d. 301; compare also the post-classical derivatives cupreus , cuprinus . Before the adoption of the Roman name, copper was by the Germanic peoples included with some of its alloys under a general designation cognate with Latin aes , appearing in Gothic as aiz , West Germanic air , Old High German êr , Old Norse eir* , Old English ár , whence ore n.² Compare the wide application of Greek χαλκός. 1. a. One of the well-known metals, distinguished by its peculiar red colour; it is malleable, ductile, and very tenacious, and is found native as well as in many ores. Chemically it is a dyad: symbol Cu. By the alchemists it was represented by the same sign as the planet Venus (♀). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > copper > [noun] copperc1000 Cu1813 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [noun] > copper copperc1000 brass1382 c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 16 Gnid þa buteran on þæm hwetstane mid copore. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 217/9 Cyprum coper, cyprinus cypren. c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 276 Saturnus leed, and Iuppiter is tyn, And Venus Coper, by my fader kyn. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 261 Þe hille þat coper [c1450 copur] is idigged inne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xli. 748 [Cyprus] was sometyme ful famous and namelyche of metalle of copre. c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 653/16 Hoc cuprum, copurre. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 92 Copyr, metalle, cuprum. 1485 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur ii. xi Xii ymages of laton and couper. 1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 8 On crosse of coper. 1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 36 On crosse of cooper. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C4 Chawke may not beare the price of Cheese, nor copper be currant to goe for paiment. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 3 Men talke of the Philosophers stone, that it turneth copper into gold. 1767 Jrnl. Voy. H.M.S. Dolphin 7 The 18th of April, 1764..the bottom was sheathed with copper..which was the first experiment of the kind that had ever been made on any vessel. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 23 Copper..is found in many parts of the world nearly pure, and fit for working. b. With qualification, in the names of various compounds and ores of the metal, etc.: e.g. antimonial copper n. a sulph-antimonide of copper, chalcostibite n. at chalco- comb. form . arsenical copper n. a native copper arsenide, domeykite n. black copper n. unrefined copper after smelting. black copper n. (also black copper ore) native black oxide of copper, melaconite n. blister copper n. (blistered copper) copper as it appears after the roasting process. blanched copper n. an alloy of copper and arsenic, used for clock dials, etc. blue copper n. see blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c).† burnt copper n. Obsolete an old term for oxide of copper. Chessy copper n. a beautiful crystallized variety of Azurite, found near Chessy in France, chessylite n. dry copper n. copper in one of the resultant conditions of the refining process. emerald copper n. (also emerald copper ore) a rare silicate of copper occurring in emerald-green crystals, dioptase n. enamellers' copper n. fine copper used for enamelled dial-plates. grey copper n. (also grey copper ore) an antimonio-sulphide or arsenio-sulphide of copper, tetrahedrite n. indigo copper n. = blue copper n. (b) at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c). japan copper n. (see quot. 1875²). octahedral copper n. (also octahedral copper ore) = red copper n. phosphor copper n. an alloy of copper and phosphorus. purple copper n. (also purple copper ore) a term applied to various minerals consisting of cuprous and ferric sulphides, esp. Bornite. pyritous copper n. = yellow copper n. (b) at yellow adj. and n. Compounds 2d(b). red copper n. a form of native cuprous oxide, cuprite n.† rose copper n. Obsolete (see quot. 1706). variegated copper n. (also variegated copper ore) = purple copper n. at purple adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c). velvet copper n. (also velvet copper ore) a native sulphate of copper and aluminium, cyanotrichite n. at cyano- comb. form 1. vitreous copper n. a sulphide of copper = chalcocite n. at chalco- comb. form . white copper n. an alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel = German Silver, Nickel Silver.yellow copper: see the first element. ΚΠ 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Rose-Copper, a copper melted several times and separated from its gross and earthy Parts. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Burnt Copper, (in Chymical Writings) is expressed by these Characters ??. 1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 78 Purple copper does not give off sulphur when ignited in a test-tube. 1863–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. II. 70 Red copper..occurs crystallised in the regular system, generally in octahedrons and with octahedral cleavage. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 918 It is covered with black blisters, like cementation steel, whence it has got the name of blistered copper. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 920 Copper is also made into small ingots, about six ounces in weight. These are intended for exportation to the East Indies, and are known in commerce by the name of Japan copper. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 925 Fusion for blister copper. 1884 Whitaker's Almanack 385/2 Phosphor-copper..contains 15 per cent. of copper, and produces an extremely close-grained elastic metal which heightens the quality of copper and brass when added to them. c. plural. Shares in a copper-mining company. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > shares in specific country or industry railway share1822 railroad shares1828 railway stock1836 railroads1848 Canada1868 coalers1878 Mets1886 industrial1887 golds1888 Kaffir1889 electrics1892 rails1893 Westralians1894 kangaroo1896 coppers1899 the junglea1901 electricals1901 Rhodesians1901 diamonds1905 Siberians1906 steels1912 utility1930 properties1964 engineer1976 mining1983 1899 Boston Globe 28 Apr. 9/5 The largest owners of ‘coppers’ know of no investment that will be as safe and give as large returns as ‘coppers’. 1907 Daily Chron. 26 Oct. 1/7 Mines, including coppers, showed a general recovery. 1908 Daily Chron. 31 Aug. 2/2 Coppers were much quieter in sympathy with Yankees. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 10/4 Listless Coppers. 1964 Financial Times 3 Mar. 1/5 Coppers improved and Kaffirs remained quietly firm. 2. a. Copper money; with a and plural (colloquial), a copper coin; a penny or halfpenny; a cent of the United States. Still used of the bronze which has superseded the copper coinage. Bungtown copper (U.S.), a spurious coin counterfeiting the English halfpenny. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a copper or bronze coin brass1362 black money1468 copper1712 copper-piece1735 follis1784 brown1819 clod1925 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 362 If so our Copper byes no better treasure. View more context for this quotation] 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋2 To chace the lads from chuck, that the beadle might seize their copper. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 407 Neither had a wish to lay up a copper. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 67 He has ‘no more copper’ about him. 1841 T. Hood Tale of Trumpet ii, in New Monthly Mag. June 274 Chucking a copper To Jack or Bob with a timber limb. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly III. v. 83 One feels a difficulty in offering a princess the change for a shilling in coppers. 1893 N.E.D. at Copper Mod. Only a few coppers in his pocket. b. U.S. In Faro, originally a copper coin used to ‘copper’ with (copper v.¹ 2); hence, a small disk, token or check, now used for the same purpose. ΚΠ 1892 Correspt. at Cincinnati The game is now played with ivory checks for money, and checkers or buttons as ‘coppers’. 3. a. A vessel made of copper, particularly a large boiler for cooking or laundry purposes, originally made of copper, but now more often of iron; in plural, esp. the large boilers or cooking vessels on board ship. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > cauldron > made of copper copper1667 copper-back1743 smut1819 1667 London Gaz. No. 136/4 The New Invention of Major Thorny Franke, for the hanging of Coppers. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 320/2 The Brewing-Pan..is..of some called a Brewers Copper from the Metal which it is made of. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 199 The chiefest of their business was to get Coppers; for each Ship having now so many Men, our Pots would not boil Victuals fast enough. 1703 London Gaz. No. 3914/8 A convenient Sugar-house..and all Utensils, viz. Two Boiling Coppers, Three Cooling Coppers, Pots and Stones. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 7 When you boil a Ham, put it into a copper. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 224 What can you expect from officers who boil their 'tators in..the ship's coppers? 1860 R. Hunt Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 5) I. 432 For every quarter of malt mashed, the copper should contain 140 gallons. 1881 Mechanic §1219 Fixing coppers and ranges should be left to the professional bricklayer. b. A copper mug or vessel for liquor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > copper copper1745 1745 Life Bampfylde-Moore Carew 104 Of the Butler they got a Copper of good Ale. 1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee xiii, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 238 He..darted into the public house, re-appearing in a few moments with a copper of ale and a horn in his hand. 4. a. A plate of copper on which a design is engraved or etched. Cf. copperplate n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > copperplate engraving > material brass plate1663 copper1668 copperplate1668 1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil A v How to etch in Copper..How to prepare your Copper..How to take off any Picture, or Map-letters, &c., upon your Copper. 1814 Advt. in J. Smeaton's Misc. Papers The Council of the Royal Society having granted the loan of the coppers in order to afford every facility in their power to the publication. 1887 F. Wedmore in Academy 19 Feb. 136/2 Certain of the coppers are known to have been destroyed. b. A ceremonial copper sheet like a shield made and used by North American Indians. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > ceremonial device or equipment solemnity1449 copper1888 1814 U. Lisiansky Voy. round World viii. 150 Mr. Baranoff brought with him also two other Curiosities; one of which was a thin plate, made of virgin copper... These plates are only possessed by the rich.] 1888 A. P. Niblack Coast Indians S. Alaska & N. Brit. Columbia viii. 336 Amongst the Tsimshian these coppers are exhibited in a circle in upright position at the ceremony of ‘bringing out’ a girl. 1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 346/1 Perhaps the most noteworthy product is the unique, shield-like ‘coppers’ made of sheet metal and highly esteemed as symbols of wealth or distinction. 1935 W. M. Halliday Potlatch & Totem xi. 109 You know this copper; you know what I paid for it. The copper which Awalaskinis broke, and of which he gave me a piece, was not in the same class with this one. 1969 Times 22 Sept. 14/4 The ultimate gesture of bravado..was for a man to break his own ‘copper’. 5. A copper implement like a cotton reel or bobbin hollow and open at the ends, used by gold and silver wire-drawers in annealing: it is also borne by the Company in their armorial ensign. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > wire-making equipment wortlea1525 swingle1674 reel1825 copper1828 riddle1843 1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Corporations: Gold and Silver Wire-drawers, az. on a chev. or, between two coppers in chief of the second. 1892 G. Kenning (in Letter) The copper..is a hollow copper cylinder open at the ends, and is used by wire-drawers in the process of annealing. 6. The copper sheathing of a vessel. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > sheathing sheathing1587 copper1836 1836 F. Marryat Pirate vii Through the clear..water her copper shone brightly. 7. Short for copper-butterfly n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Lycaenidae > genus Lycaena > member of (copper) copper1826 copper-butterfly- 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxxv. 652 Our native coppers also..are remarkable for the fulgid colour of these organs. 1827 L. Jermyn Butterfly Collector's Vade Mecum (new ed.) 140 Lycæna Phlæas, the Common Copper. 1872 J. G. Wood Insects at Home 408 Lovely Butterflies which are known by the popular name of Blues and Coppers. 8. Phrases. (colloquial or slang). †to catch copper: to suffer harm, ‘come to grief’. hot coppers: a mouth and throat parched through excessive drinking; hence, to cool or clear one's coppers. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > come to grief misfareOE miswendOE misferec1275 misspeeda1387 miscarryc1387 mischieve?a1400 to catch copper1530 to lose one's seatc1540 mischief1598 to bu(r)st one's boiler1824 to come to grief1850 to come (also go) a mucker1851 to come (fall, get) a cropper1858 mucker1862 to go or be up the flume1865 to come undone1899 to play smash1903 to come to a sticky end1904 to come unstuck1911 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > clear throat with drink to whet one's whistle1674 to cool or clear one's coppers1831 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > dryness hot coppers1848 xerostomia1890 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 478/2 I catche copper, I catche [h]arme, Je me endommaige. And he be nat the wyser, he maye happe to catche copper by the meanes. 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. v. iv. sig. Fiij^v Go to, Barber, no more, least Copper you catch. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. vii. 46 Bring some grog to clear our coppers. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. xiii. 87 Upon which he turned a glass down his coppers. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxii. 83 His smoking tea, which went..hissing over the ‘hot coppers’ of that respectable veteran. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. iii. 43 A fellow can't enjoy his breakfast after that without something to cool his coppers. 1890 W. Besant Demoniac i. 16 In the repentant morning..when hot coppers, fiery throats..parched tongues and fevered brows are served out among young sinners. Compounds C1. Simple attributive. a. Made of copper; = Old English cyperen. (Formerly often hyphenated.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper > made of copper copperen1527 copper1578 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84 There is copper coine of the stampe that gold is, yet is it not currant. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P7^v Shakt his long locks, colourd like copper-wyre. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 3 He gaue vs..for a Copper Kettell, fiftie skins. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 50 Copper-money was coined in the Minority of the King. 1790 J. Wolcot Benevolent Epist. to Sylvanus Urban in Wks. (1812) One of Sir Joseph Banks's Copper-farthing Oracles. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 148 Wearing a copper ring. b. Of or pertaining to copper. (Often hyphenated.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper cupreous1666 copperish1667 cuprous1669 copper1720 coppery1791 1720 J. Gay Trivia ii, in Poems I. 173 Next oranges the longing boys entice, To trust their copper fortunes to the dice. 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 46 In the gallery of a copper mine. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 101 A green oxide, called Copper Rust, or Verdigrise. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 267 This copper district contains perhaps the richest copper ores in the world. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 12/1 Copper shares continue to fluctuate. †c. Of copper as a base metal: often with the notion of spurious, pretentious, worthless. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [adjective] > of materials, metals, etc. falsec1000 counterfeitc1449 copper1609 chemic1635 sham1699 shoful1835 imitation1840 lathen1843 simulated1942 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. Q1 As these copper-lace gentlemen growe rich.] 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. v. 105 Some with cunning guild their copper crownes. View more context for this quotation 1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. vi. 52 As if a man have sold you copper lace for gold; or alchymie-plate for silver. 1681 T. Otway Souldiers Fortune i. i. 7 Whores..in their Copper trim. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 15 Here vanity..trims her robes of frize with copper lace. 1799 C. Winter in W. Jay Life (1843) 25 Beware of being golden apprentices, silver journeymen, and copper masters.[See also copper-captain n.] d. Copper-coloured, coppery. (Cf. gold n.¹, silver n.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > copper copper-coloured1697 copper1699 copperish1774 coppery1791 cupreous1804 copper-brown1842 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. vii. 128 They are..of a dark Indian copper colour. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 229 The natives of America..are of a red or copper colour. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere ii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 13 All in a hot and copper sky. 1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row iii. 39 The copper sun showed himself behind the opposite chimney. C2. a. Attributive. copper-founder n. ΚΠ 1863 Heroes, Philos., etc. time Louis XVI II. 85 Cagliostro married the daughter of a copper-founder. copper-market n. ΚΠ 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 80 This I will sell in the copper-market. copper-miner n. ΚΠ 1716 London Gaz. No. 5414/3 The Governour and Company of Copper-Miners in England. copper-office n. ΚΠ 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 61. ⁋2 An honest and worthy Citizen belonging to the Copper-Office. copper-seller n. ΚΠ 1707 London Gaz. No. 4316/4 Midleton Shaw..Copper-seller. copper-turner n. ΚΠ 1700 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils (1868) 359 From copper turners turned to golden guineas. b. Objective. copper-bearing n. ΚΠ 1887 Daily News 27 Sept. 2/1 The producers of copper-bearing pyrites would be tempted to augment their sales of copper. copper-smelting n. ΚΠ 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 46 Swansea is the centre of the copper-smelting. c. Instrumental. copper-poisoning n. d. Similative. copper-brown n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > copper copper-coloured1697 copper1699 copperish1774 coppery1791 cupreous1804 copper-brown1842 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 20 Their colour is a dark copper, or copper-brown. copper-green n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > other greens beech-greenc1450 frost on green1559 sap1572 apple green1648 sap-green1686 myrtle green1717 Brunswick green1790 pistachio1791 pistachio green1793 mountain green1794 lettuce green1834 copper-green1843 canard1872 myrtle1872 leaf-green1880 cress-green1883 cresson1883 watercress green1883 lizard-green1897 jade1921 apple1923 laurel1923 mango1930 laurel-green1938 lettuce1963 mint1967 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 527 The rock is of a light copper green. copper-red n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adjective] > brownish-red rustya1398 hepaticc1420 horseflesh1530 rubiginousa1538 iron1587 bricky1615 ferrugineous1633 sand-reda1639 brickish1648 ferruginous1656 lateritious1656 brick-coloured1675 blood bay1684 testaceous1688 rust-coloureda1691 brick-red1740 brick-dust-like1765 maroon1771 rufous1782 brick-dusty1817 rusted1818 worm red1831 brownish-red1832 brown-red1835 foxy1850 rust1854 henna-coloured1865 chestnut-red1882 terra-cotta1882 copper-red1883 fox-red1910 oxblood1918 tony1921 henna-brown1931 henna-red2002 1883 Cassell's Family Mag. July 492/2 The feathers..are of shaded copper-red. copper-yellow n. ΚΠ 1882 Garden 25 Mar. 205/2 The pink and copper-yellow Tea Roses. e. Parasynthetic. copper-bellied adj. copper-headed adj. ΚΠ 1833 A. W. Fonblanque in Examiner 13 Oct. 641/2 Two new footmen, with..copper-headed canes. copper-laced adj. (cf. Compounds 1c.) ΚΠ 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. I3^v These charitable Copper-lac'd Christians. 1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine in Wks. (1673) 416 Copper-lac'd Christians cannot personate Her Tragick Scenes. copper-toed adj. ΚΠ 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ii, in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 233/2 Copper-toed shoes. C3. Special combinations. Also copper-belly n., copperhead n., etc. copper age n. Archaeology the prehistoric period during which weapons, etc., were made of copper. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > Copper Age copper age1881 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man ii. 11 It has been suggested that an age of copper must always have intervened between that of stone and bronze; but if so, the interval seems to have been short in Europe.] 1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. i. 2 Of this Copper Age..there are in Europe but extremely feeble traces. 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods iii. 56 There are features in the Copper Age Culture of Thrace which point to a survival there of the earlier culture traditions. 1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) iii. 35 Copper was already competing with stone and bone as an industrial material but without in the least replacing them. This ‘Copper Age’ culture, as Turkish archaeologists label it, is fairly uniform all over the plateau. † copper-back n. Obsolete = 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel in which liquid is boiled > [noun] > cauldron > made of copper copper1667 copper-back1743 smut1819 1743 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) III. 211 He had secured the square Hole in the Middle of his Copper-back. copper-beech n. (see beech n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > beech or beeches > [noun] American beecha800 beecha800 beech-treec1450 weeping beech1606 red beech1789 southern beech1839 copper-beech1846 mastwort1846 red beech1882 Negrohead beech1884 stone-beech1884 mountain beech1886 Nothofagus1896 Southland beech1918 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 333 Copper beech..purple-beech. 1881 Illustr. London News 28 Mar. 332/2 Under the shade of cedars and copper beeches. copper-bellied adj. as in copper-bellied snake: see quots. ΚΠ 1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xx. 64 The Copper-bellied Snake..said to be as Venemous as the Rattle-Snake. 1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. 458 (Coluber erythrogaster) The Copper-bellied Snake is a native of North America. copper belt n. (also copperbelt) [belt n.¹ 10b] an area of central Africa in which great quantities of copper are mined. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [noun] > tract of land ground1548 coalfield1734 gas field1833 tin-ground1839 gold-diggings1848 goldfield1848 oilfield1863 oil belt1865 flat1869 tin-field1898 copper belt1955 oil patch1958 1955 Times 12 May 9/2 The four copper mining companies who are establishing a technical training foundation for young Europeans on the copperbelt. 1965 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xxx. 1145 The well-known Copper Belt of Katanga and Northern Rhodesia. copper-bit n. a pointed piece of copper, riveted to an iron shank, used in soldering. ΚΠ 1881 Mechanic §1505 The soldering-iron, or copper-bit as it is sometimes called. copper bolt n. (see quot.) ΚΠ 1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Copper Bolt, a copper bit; a soldering tool. copper-bound adj. ornamented with copper lace. ΚΠ 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. ii. 87 The copper bound cocked hat. Thesaurus » Categories » copper-butterfly n. (cf. sense 7) the common name of the species of the genus Lycæna, so called from the metallic colouring of their wings. copper-cap n. a percussion-cap or gun-cap, originally of copper: see cap n.¹ 14. ΚΠ c1826 Wellington in Mem. R. Davenport-Hill 231 ‘Croker, you may understand the battle of Waterloo, but I'll be d——d if you know anything of copper caps!’ 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 437 Copper caps are now a misnomer..Brass caps boiled to the colour of copper are the rule. copper-colic n. a disease to which workers in copper are subject. copper-cut n. a copperplate engraving. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > copperplate engraving > an engraving brass-leaf1654 copperplate1663 brasscuta1680 copper-cut1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 257/1 Drawn in all fantastick pieces and Copper-Cuts. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. iii. 107 The gaping populace gapes over Wood-cuts or Copper-cuts. Copper Eskimo n. now rare one of a group of Inuit living near the Coppermine River in North-West Territories, Canada.Now called Copper Inuit. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of the Arctic > [noun] Eskimo1584 Inuit1745 Skraeling1767 Inuk1876 Yuit1881 Copper Eskimo1884 Netsilik1884 Netsilingmiut1885 Caribou Eskimo1920 Eskimoid1930 Nunamiut1951 Inupiaq1957 Yupik1977 1884 in F. W. Hodge Indians of Canada (1913) 241/1 Kidnelik, a tribe of Central Eskimos living on Coronation gulf, Arctic ocean [called] Copper Eskimos. 1913 V. Stefansson in Summary Rep. Geol. Surv., Canada, 1912 492 No permanent dwellings of any kind are erected by any of the Copper Eskimo—I call them so because..copper furnishes such a characteristic and important part of their material equipment. 1922 D. Jenness Life of Copper Eskimos 9 The expedition was able to establish a base at Bernard harbour..within the territory of the Copper Eskimos. 1936 Discovery July 200/2 A prolonged study of the Copper Eskimo. 1965 Beaver Spring 15 The Copper Eskimo are the descendants of an old local Thule culture population. † copper-face n. Obsolete = copper-nose n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [noun] > acne or acne rosacea gout rosec1400 gome rosage?c1450 copper-face?1543 copper-nose1609 acne1743 acne rosacea1813 maggot-pimple1822 rosacea1843 acne vulgaris1848 ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. vi As touchyng a disease called Gutta rosacea, or copperface in englysh. copper-faced adj. (a) ‘brazen-faced’ impudent; (b) of printing-type, faced with copper. ΚΠ 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. C4^v The copper-fact rascal wil for a good supper out sweare twelue dozen of graund Iuryes. copper-fastened adj. (of a ship) fastened with copper bolts to prevent corrosion. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > nailed or fastened copper-fastened1796 1796 Hull Advertiser 9 July 2/4 She is copper-fastened and copper-bottomed, and a remarkable fine ship. 1876 Daily News 4 Dec. 5/6 She was copper-fastened and coppered, the copper sheathing being but very slightly torn. Categories » copper-finch n. a provincial name of the Chaffinch (Montagu 1802). copper-foil n. pure metallic copper, thin and bright ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). † copper-grove n. Obsolete a copper-mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > other mines crystal mine1600 metal pita1603 salt mine1669 copper-grove1702 wad-mine1747 1702 R. Thoresby in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1072 My said Cousin receiv'd it from the Copper Groves at Fallum. copper-head n. the head of a copper or boiler; see also copperhead n. ΚΠ 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 402 (note) The platform built around the edge of the copper, is called the copper-head. copper-hells n. formerly a name for small gambling houses. ΚΠ 1884 Sat. Rev. 1 Mar. 275 Minor gambling-houses..were popularly known by the ugly name of ‘copper-hells’. † copper-hole n. Obsolete a kind of stove (see quotation). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1785 J. Phillips Specif. Patent 1477 That species of stoves or fire places commonly called copper holes or stoke holes. copper-hops n. a variety of hops. ΚΠ 1890 Daily News 30 Sept. 2/5 The advance..on sound useful copper hops. copper-Indian n. a North American Indian. Cf. Red Indian n. ΚΠ 1799 R. Southey Nondescripts iii, in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 64 My poor complexion! I am made a copper-Indian of already. copper-iron n. attributive of copper and iron. copper loss n. the loss of energy in the copper conductors of a dynamo or motor. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > motor > [noun] > loss of energy copper loss1916 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun] > loss of energy copper loss1916 1916 Standardization Rules Amer. Inst. Electr. Engin. 48 The no-load copper loss. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 197/2 Copper loss (Elec. Eng.), the loss occurring in electric..apparatus due to the current flowing in the windings... (Radio), the power dissipated as heat in an..oscillatory circuit, due to Joule effect. copper-man n. (a) one who has the management of a copper or boiler; (b) an Australian prison term = copper n.⁴ ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with boilers copper-man1756 boiler-man1835 1756 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (new ed.) II. ii. 51 The copper-man, who has the boiling them under his care and management, puts them in a large copper. copper pheasant n. of Japan, Syrmaticus soemmeringii. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Syrmaticus > syrmaticus soemmerringii or copper pheasant Soemmering's pheasant1840 copper pheasant1894 1894 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. III 716 Two other species of Pheasant have been introduced to the coverts of England, P. reevesi from China, remarkable for its very long tail, white with black bars, and the Copper Pheasant, P. sœmmerringi, from Japan. copper-piece n. a copper coin. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a copper or bronze coin brass1362 black money1468 copper1712 copper-piece1735 follis1784 brown1819 clod1925 1735 J. Swift Let. to Middleton in Wks. IV. 194 A Parcel of Copper-Pieces, intrinsically not worth above a Crown. copper-powder n. a precipitate of metallic copper, used in bronzing. copper-rain n. minute globules thrown up from the surface of molten copper when it contains but little suboxide (Raymond Mining Gloss.). ΚΠ 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 123 Copper-rain, minute globules thrown up from the surface of molten copper, when it contains but little suboxide. copper schist n. [German kupferschiefer] a dark-coloured bituminous schist impregnated with copper-ore, found in Saxony. ΚΠ 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 923 Smelting of the Mansfeld copper-schist. copper-skinned adj. having a copper-coloured skin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > darkness > [adjective] blackeOE browned-black?c1510 dark?1537 black-faced1581 adust?1586 black-visaged1602 mulatto1622 kettle-faced1680 black-favoured1681 black-a-top1685 brown-complexioned1704 blackavised1721 brunette1724 brune1747 dark-skinned1750 black-looking1753 melanic1826 melanous1836 brunet1840 copper-skinned1873 brown-skinned1904 brown- 1873 M. F. Mahony Chron. Fermors I. xiii There was no room for personal rivalry with that beady-eyed, copper-skinned..little lady. 1907 Q. Rev. July 188 The lank-haired, copper-skinned Jakuns. copper-slate n. = copper schist n. ΚΠ 1873 J. W. Dawson Story Earth & Man vii. 167 The copper slates of Thuringia. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 923 The copper-slate is sorted, according to its composition. copper-smoke n. the gases from the calcination of sulphuretted copper ores (Raymond). ΚΠ 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 123 Copper-smoke, the gases from the calcination of sulphuretted copper-ores. copper-snake n. = copperhead n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Agkistrodon > agkistrodon contortix (copperhead) copper-belly1743 copper-snake1765 copperhead1775 pilot1782 copperhead snake1788 pilot snake1793 chunk-head1880 1765 H. Timberlake Mem. 46 There are..a great number of reptiles, particularly the copper-snake. 1806 T. Moore Lake of Dismal Swamp v The she-wolf stirred the brake, And the copper-snake breathed in his ear. copper-spot n. name of a predatory beetle, Calosoma calidum, found in Canada. ΚΠ 1840 P. H. Gosse Canad. Naturalist 122 I took, crawling on the newly ploughed ground, the Copper-spot Carab (Calosoma Calidum), a large beetle, the elytra black, marked with rows of round hollow dots. Categories » copper-tail n. Australian slang a person belonging to the lower classes of society. copper-tailed adj. Australian slang designating a person belonging to the lower classes of society. ΚΠ 1890 A. J. Vogan Black Police 116 Those upper circles..termed in Australian parlance ‘silver-tailed’, in distinction to the ‘copper-tailed’ democratic classes. copper-top n. dialect and slang a red head of hair; a red-headed person. ΚΠ 1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 28 'E chews it over... Workin' 'is copper-top a double shift. copper-topped adj. ΚΠ 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Coppertopt, red haired. copper-wing n. a synonym in some American works of copper-butterfly. copper-work n. = copper-works n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > other metals goldwork1581 copper-work1631 brass-work1665 silver-work1674 copper-works1716 lead-worksa1728 goldsmithy1878 1631 E. Jorden Disc. Nat. Bathes (1669) x. 71 We have but one Copper work that I hear of in all his Majesties Dominions, and that is at Keswick in Cumberland. 1774 S. Johnson Diary Journey N. Wales 3 Aug. (1964) V. 441 At a copper work, which receives its pigs of copper..from Warrington. copper-works n. a place where copper is worked or manufactured. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > other metals goldwork1581 copper-work1631 brass-work1665 silver-work1674 copper-works1716 lead-worksa1728 goldsmithy1878 1716 London Gaz. No. 5425/9 The Lease for the Cupilo, or Copper-Works..are to be Let. copper-zinc n. attributive of copper and zinc, as a copper-zinc couple in an electrical circuit. C4. Esp. in the names of chemical compounds and of minerals. Where also cupric adj. or cuprous adj. is used, or the form acetate of copper, etc. copper acetate n. copper carbonate n. copper chloride n. copper oxide n. copper sulphate n. copper sulphide n. C5. copper arsenate n. a descriptive name of several minerals, e.g. olivenite n., liroconite n. Thesaurus » Categories » copper-arsenide n. = arsenical copper n. at sense 1b. copper-arsenite n. the poisonous pigment, called Scheele's green. copper-blende n. a sulpharsenite of copper, tennantite n. copper-bloom n. a native oxide of copper, chalcotrichite n. at chalco- comb. form . copper-emerald n. = emerald copper n. at sense 1b, dioptase n. ΚΠ 1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 243 The name Copper-Emerald intimates that this mineral..resembles emerald. † copper-froth n. Obsolete a basic arsenate of copper; = tyrolite n. (Dana 1868). copper-glance n. native cuprous sulphide, chalcocite n. at chalco- comb. form . ΚΠ 1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 188 Copper glance is sectile. copper-green n. (a) a general name of green pigments containing copper, as verdigris, verditer, Scheele's green, etc.; (b) an obsolete name of chrysocolla n. ΚΠ 1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 237 What he describes under that name is Copper-Green. copper-manganese n. a variety of crednerite n. copper-mica n. a hydrous arsenate of copper, chalcophyllite n. at chalco- comb. form . ΚΠ 1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 243 In the present case I use the term Copper-mica. copper-nickel n. [ < German kupfer-nickel, so called from its resembling copper] arsenical nickel = niccolite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > niccolite group > nickel arsenide copper-nickel1728 kupfernickel1796 nickeline1835 neoplase1854 niccolite1868 nickelite1883 orcelite1960 1728 J. Woodward Catal. Foreign Fossils i. 25 in Catal. Addit. Eng. Native Fossils Copper-nicol. 1776 J. Seiferth tr. C. E. Gellert Metallurgic Chym. 47 Copper-nickel contains sometimes a good deal of copper. copper ore n. generally any ore of copper; spec. black oxide of copper, melaconite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > copper ore molybdena1661 copper ore1713 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > general formula AO > black oxide of copper copper ore1713 melaconise1839 melaconite1850 tenorite1865 Chile copper1888 paramelaconite1892 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > silver or copper ore silver orec1325 copper ore1713 1713 Wyllys Papers in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. XXI. 380 To dig or Cause to be dugg at the Copper Mines in Symsbury as much Copper Oar as will produce and make three Tunns and half of Copper. 1839 H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall xi. 324 The interstices only between them being filled by copper-ore. copper-pyrites n. = chalcopyrite n. ΚΠ 1776 J. Seiferth tr. C. E. Gellert Metallurgic Chym. 391 Copper-pyrite. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 141 Copper pyrites projected on burning coals..gives a green color to flame. 1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 38 Of the single [three-sided pyramid] we have examples in..copper pyrites, and many other minerals. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiv. 317 The Chilian miners were so convinced that copper pyrites contained not a particle of copper, that [etc.]. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xv. 274 Marly flagstones often largely impregnated with copper-pyrites. copper-uranite n. = torbernite n. (Dana 1844). copper-vitriol n. = blue vitriol n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c), copperas n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun] > compounds > sulphates > of copper Roman vitriol?a1425 blue copperas1617 bluestone1651 crystals, saffron, salt, vinegar, vitriol of Venus1693 vitriol of copper1694 blue vitriol1728 copper-vitriol1770 1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 131 Copper vitriol, blue vitriol. 1805 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. II. 34 If a plate of iron be inserted in a solution of copper-vitriol, it soon becomes incrusted with copper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † coppern.² Forms: Also 1500s -ar(e. Etymology: < cop n.¹ or coppe, cup n. + -er suffix¹. Scottish. Obsolete. A cup-bearer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > cup-bearer birleOE cupper14.. versora1483 cup-bearer1483 tankard-bearer?1518 copper1528 tankard-yeoman1563 gobleter1623 pincern1623 pocillatora1659 tankard-womana1667 1528 D. Lindsay Dreme Ded. 21 And, sumtyme, seware, Coppare, and Caruoure. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1809 in Shorter Poems (1967) 112 Mercy is copper, and mixis weil his wyne. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 104 The erle of Murray, coppar, and the erle of Bothwill, sewar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). coppern.³ Brit. /ˈkɒpə/, U.S. /ˈkɑpər/ Etymology: < cop n.² 3. In Spinning, a part of the mechanism which forms the ‘cop’. ΚΠ 1840 Smith & Hacking Specif. Patent 8426 The rise and fall of the ‘copper’ may be simultaneously adjusted in speed to accommodate the change in draft and twist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). coppern.⁴ Brit. /ˈkɒpə/, U.S. /ˈkɑpər/ Etymology: apparently < cop v.³; but other conjectures have been offered. slang. A policeman; also attributive, as in copperstick, a policeman's truncheon. Hence, one who informs on fellow prisoners; a police informant; esp. to come or turn copper. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > policeman truncheon officer1708 runner1735 horny1753 nibbing-cull1775 nabbing-cull1780 police officer1784 police constable1787 policeman1788 scout1789 nabman1792 nabber1795 pig1811 Bow-street officer1812 nab1813 peeler1816 split1819 grunter1823 robin redbreast1824 bulky1828 raw (or unboiled) lobster1829 Johnny Darm1830 polis1833 crusher1835 constable1839 police1839 agent1841 johndarm1843 blue boy1844 bobby1844 bluebottle1845 copper1846 blue1848 polisman1850 blue coat1851 Johnny1851 PC1851 spot1851 Jack1854 truncheonist1854 fly1857 greycoat1857 cop1859 Cossack1859 slop1859 scuffer1860 nailerc1863 worm1864 Robert1870 reeler1879 minion of the law1882 ginger pop1887 rozzer1888 nark1890 bull1893 grasshopper1893 truncheon-bearer1896 John1898 finger1899 flatty1899 mug1903 John Dunn1904 John Hop1905 gendarme1906 Johnny Hop1908 pavement pounder1908 buttons1911 flat-foot1913 pounder1919 Hop1923 bogy1925 shamus1925 heat1928 fuzz1929 law1929 narker1932 roach1932 jonnop1938 grass1939 roller1940 Babylon1943 walloper1945 cozzer1950 Old Bill1958 cowboy1959 monaych1961 cozzpot1962 policeperson1965 woolly1965 Fed1966 wolly1970 plod1971 roz1971 Smokey Bear1974 bear1975 beast1978 woodentop1981 Five-O1983 dibble1990 Bow-street runner- society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer setter1630 nose1789 mouchard1802 rat1818 stool-pigeon1830 knark1851 police informer1851 nark1859 telegraph1864 copper1885 sarbut1897 Noah's Ark1898 stool1906 snout1910 finger1914 policeman1923 stoolie1924 shelf1926 grass1929 grasshopper1937 grasser1950 stukach1969 supergrass1975 society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1846 Sessions Papers 16 May 39 I have heard the police called coppers before. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 21 (Farmer). 1864 Manch. Courier 13 June (Farmer) As they pass a policeman they will..exhibit a copper coin, which is equivalent to calling the officer copper. 1881 Standard 13 Jan. 2/7 Remarking that Withers and his brother constables were only ‘coppers out of uniform.’ 1882 Standard 4 Sept. 2/5 A crowd followed, shouting out..‘Kick the Coppers’. 1885 M. Davitt Leaves from Prison Diary I. ii. 22 They never ‘round’ upon each other, while they hold all ‘coppers’ (prison informers) in detestation. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Nov. 6/1 Specials..with ‘copper’ sticks in hand. 1891 Sessions Papers 24 Oct. 1215 He has turned copper on us. 1925 S. Scott Human Side Crook Life i. 23 ‘Coppering’, or turning informant, is the deadly sin among crooks... Men will listen to the vilest epithets, but call them ‘bogey’, ‘brassey’, ‘copper’, or ‘policeman’, and they will be at your throat. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad 330 Copper, policeman. ‘To come copper’ means to inform. An informer is also described as ‘a copper’. 1958 M. Procter Man in Ambush xvi. 196 If you come copper on Lionel, I'll come copper on you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). copperv.¹ Brit. /ˈkɒpə/, U.S. /ˈkɑpər/ Etymology: < copper n.¹ 1. a. transitive. To cover with copper; to sheathe the bottom and sides of a ship with copper. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > sheath with copper copper1530 copper-bottom1840 recopper1857 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with metal > with specific metal tin1398 leadc1440 ironc1450 lay1472 copper1530 braze1552 silverize1605 foliate1665 plate1686 whiten1687 foil1714 blanch1729 quicken1738 amalgam1789 quick1790 aluminize1791 plate1791 zincify1801 platinize1825 resilver1832 galvanize1839 electroplate1843 zinc1843 electro-silver1851 platinate1858 electrotin1859 white-lead1863 palladiumize1864 white-metal1864 brassc1865 nickelize1865 nickel-plate1872 nickel1875 stopper1884 electro1891 sherardize1904 steel1911 stellite1934 flame-plate1954 steel-face1961 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/2 I copper. 1781 Westm. Mag. 9 325 A very large frigate..the only one the Spaniards have coppered. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 174 Coppering her bottom. 1862 Macmillan's Mag. June 167 A bronze statue and a cast-iron one coppered by electricity. b. To furnish with copper coins. ΚΠ 1833 T. Hamilton Men & Manners Amer. II. ix. 387 A member of Congress..was charged with selling franks at twopence apiece, and thus coppering his pocket at the expense of the public. c. To colour by the use of a salt of copper. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > colouring agents > [verb (transitive)] copper1895 1895 Daily News 7 Feb. 5/2 The defendant assured the Bench..that the public ‘would not have them [sc. peas] without they were coppered’. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/3 The prohibition of the sale of ‘coppered’ vegetables. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 92/1 Vendors of coppered peas. 2. In the game of faro: To lay a copper coin or other token upon (a card) to indicate that the player bets against that card; to bet against. (U.S.) Also absol. and figurative. ΚΠ 1856 Democratic State Jrnl. (Sacramento, Calif.) 25 July 2/3 It is a safe bet to ‘copper’ all that comes from the immaculate Committee. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds iii. 46 He..scarcely ate or slept till the tail of his last mule was ‘coppered on the jack’. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xxviii. 304 I reckon the safe way, where a man can afford it, is to copper the operation. 1892 Correspt. at Cincinnati If he bet the card to lose, he put an old-fashioned copper cent on the top of the silver or gold; in other words he ‘coppered’ it. To ‘copper’ a thing, therefore, is to bet or estimate that it will lose: you ‘copper’ a horse in a race. 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 6 May 2 For some time, local politicians have ‘coppered’ with success Platt's predictions. 1913 C. E. Mulford Coming of Cassidy vii. 108 He had played to win when he should have coppered, coppered when he should have played to win. 1924 C. E. Mulford Rustler's Valley ix [Bud] likewise told me to go east for a job; but..I coppered Bud an' come here. 1939 P. A. Rollins Gone Haywire 48 Feeling sort o' mistaken sorry fer th' ol' tightwad..I coppered a bet fer 'im. Derivatives ˈcoppering n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > sheathing sheathing1623 iron-casing1863 copperingc1865 society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > coating with metal > with specific metals leadingc1440 tinningc1440 foilinga1582 quickening1738 electroplating1840 zincing1841 retinning1843 palladiumizinga1851 acierage1852 platinizing1853 nickelization1857 quicking1863 brassingc1865 copperingc1865 nickel plating1870 nickelling1875 steel-facing1884 brazing1886 aluminizing1890 sherardizing1901 calorizing1930 aluminization1932 stelliting1934 anodizing1936 anodization1952 flame-plating1954 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > plated or coated metal > [adjective] > used for coating with copper copperingc1865 c1865 G. Gore in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 213/1 Each room, whether for coppering, silvering, or gilding. c1865 G. Gore in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 233/1 They are then immersed in the..coppering liquid, and a thin film of copper is thrown down. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). copperv.² Brit. /ˈkɒpə/, U.S. /ˈkɑpər/ Etymology: < copper n.⁴ slang. 1. To arrest. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] at-holda1230 attacha1325 resta1325 takec1330 arrest1393 restay?a1400 tachec1400 seisinc1425 to take upa1438 stowc1450 seize1471 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 deprehend1532 apprehend1548 nipa1566 upsnatcha1566 finger1572 to make stay of1572 embarge1585 cap1590 reprehend1598 prehenda1605 embar1647 nap1665 nab1686 bone1699 roast1699 do1784 touch1785 pinch1789 to pull up1799 grab1800 nick1806 pull1811 hobble1819 nail1823 nipper1823 bag1824 lag1847 tap1859 snaffle1860 to put the collar on1865 copper1872 to take in1878 lumber1882 to pick up1887 to pull in1893 lift1923 drag1924 to knock off1926 to put the sleeve on1930 bust1940 pop1960 vamp1970 1872 E. Crapsey Nether Side N.Y. iii. 17 They are..more frequently ‘coppered’—that is, arrested. 1962 John o' London's 25 Jan. 8/2 ‘Arrest’ has many Cant synonyms including do,..copper. 2. To give information to the police. Also transitive to inform on (a person). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 meldeOE bimeldena1300 forgabc1394 to blow up?a1400 outsay?a1400 detectc1449 denounce1485 ascry1523 inform1526 promote1550 peach1570 blow1575 impeach1617 wheedle1710 split1795 snitch1801 cheep1831 squeal1846 to put away1858 spot1864 report1869 squawk1872 nose1875 finger1877 ruck1884 to turn over1890 to gag on1891 shop1895 pool1907 run1909 peep1911 pot1911 copper1923 finger1929 rat1932 to blow the whistle on1934 grass1936 rat1969 to put in1975 turn1977 1897 Sessions Papers 12 Feb. 359 Are you going to copper? 1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xix. 159 My motto is: ‘Thou shalt not garden-hop...’ In plain English: ‘Thou shalt not copper.’ 1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xxvii. 211 It's no use your staying here, because I'm not going to copper anybody. 1925 S. Scott Human Side Crook Life i. 23 ‘Coppering’, or turning informant, is the deadly sin among crooks... Men will listen to the vilest epithets, but call them ‘bogey’, ‘brassey’, ‘copper’, or ‘policeman’, and they will be at your throat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1000n.²1528n.³1840n.⁴1846v.¹1530v.²1872
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Compounds

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Derivatives

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