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Webster 1913 Edition

Cop

Cop

(kŏp)
,
Noun.
[AS.
cop
; cf. G.
kopf
head. Cf.
Cup
,
Cob
.]
1.
The top of a thing; the head; a crest.
[Obs.]
Cop
they used to call
The tops of many hills.
Drayton.
2.
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
3.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
4.
(Mil. Arch.)
Same as
Merlon
.
5.
A policeman.
[Slang]
Cop waste
,
a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cop

COP

,
Noun.
[G.] The had or top of a thing, as in cob-castle for cop-castle, a castle on a hill; a tuft on the head of birds. This word is little used in America, unless cob, the spike of maize, may be the same word.

Definition 2024

còp

còp

See also: cop, COP, cöp, cọp, and çöp

Emilian

Alternative forms

Noun

còp m ‎(plural còp)

  1. (Carpigiano) roof tile

Synonyms

Occitan

Etymology

Late Latin *colpus. Cognates include French coup

Noun

còp m (plural còps)

  1. hit; strike; blow
  2. occasion; time; happening

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