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noun

Copper n.

1.

A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze. Note: Copper is the only metal which occurs native abundantly in large masses; it is found also in various ores, of which the most important are chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, and malachite. Copper mixed with tin forms bell metal; with a smaller proportion, bronze; and with zinc, it forms brass, pinchbeck, and other alloys.

2.

A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. (Colloq.) "My friends filled my pockets with coppers."

3.

A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

4.

pl. Specifically (Naut.), The boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers. Note: Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc. "All in a hot and copper sky." Note: It is sometimes written in combination; as, copperplate, coppersmith, copper-colored.

Copper finch. (Zool.) See Chaffinch.

Copper glance, or Vitreous copper. (Min.) See Chalcocite.

Indigo copper. (Min.) See Covelline.

verb

Copper v. t. (past & past part. coppered; pres. part. coppering) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Copper" Quotes from Famous Books

... of this apparatus, the projector, the platform and its framework, was apparently of the same kind; it had the appearance of burnished copper. The whole seemed fairly complicated, but not unlike a huge searchlight would appear if mounted ...

— The Fire People • Ray Cummings

... manner of all maidens, when she arrived at the marriageable age from miles around came many braves to pay their respects. They brought her rare and costly gifts of silver, copper, and gold—of beads and bears' claws, as well as the skins of the fox, squirrel, ...

— How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson

... little, and he went to sleep, taking first out of his pocket a book, which he desired I would dry for him. It proved to be my old favorite author, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, in Dutch, finely printed on good paper, with copper cuts, a dress better than I had ever seen it wear in its own language. I have since found that it has been translated into most of the languages of Europe, and suppose it has been more generally read than any other book, except perhaps the Bible. Honest John was ...

— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... it then. My poor boy, how the prickly heat has marked your forehead! Have you ever tried sulphate of copper in water? ...

— Under the Deodars • Rudyard Kipling

... city is the residence of several ancient and honourable families, and is situated in a delightful country and charming climate; such being the mild temperature of the air, that though rain seldom falls, the surrounding country is continually verdant. This province is rich in gold, copper, and iron, and its fertile soil produces grapes, olives, and other fruits in great abundance, both those belonging to Europe, and such as ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 • Robert Kerr

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