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verb

Cope v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

Cope v. t.

1.

To bargain for; to buy. (Obs.)

2.

To make return for; to requite; to repay. (Obs.) "three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal."

3.

To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. "I love to cope him in these sullen fits." "They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down."

Cope v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. (Obs.) "Some bending down and coping toward the earth."

Cope v. i. (past & past part. coped; pres. part. coping)

1.

To exchange or barter. (Obs.)

2.

To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. "Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal."

3.

To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; usually followed by with. "Host coped with host, dire was the din of war." "Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens."

noun

Coping n. (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; sometimes called capping.

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"Coping" Quotes from Famous Books

... ruins be cleaned out; (4) that the walls be underpinned with brick instead of stone, as previously suggested; (5) that the tops of the walls, after removing several inches to afford a good bearing surface, be treated with a coping of cement. It was regarded that this plan, if carried into effect, would afford sufficient protection against the weather, but a plan for a roof was submitted should such a structure be deemed desirable and practicable. ...

— The Repair Of Casa Grande Ruin, Arizona, in 1891 • Cosmos Mindeleff

... scenery is grand enough, but monotonous in the extreme. The island is girt by a sea-wall, more or less perpendicular; from this coping there is a gentle upslope, the marvellous terracing for cultivation being carried up to the mountain-tops. The lower levels are everywhere dotted with white farmhouses and brown villages. The colours ...

— To the Gold Coast for Gold - A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.--Vol. I • Richard F. Burton

... will not be seen till it has acquired age, and become covered with mosses and ferns. Fortunately for the plants and for good taste, there is no shelving in this house. Beds are formed of brick, with a neat coping, in which the pots are set. This arrangement is much more effective than any manner of staging ...

— Woodward's Graperies and Horticultural Buildings • George E. Woodward

... of the moat one world-war is like another, and none of them very different from peace. It is but a row of grinning red healthy faces over the coping and a ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Oct. 17, 1917 • Various

... within about a foot of the level of low water, when the ashlar work was commenced; but in place of laying the stones horizontally in their beds, each course was laid at an angle of 45 degrees, to within about 18 inches of the top, when a level coping was added. This mode of building enabled the work to be carried on expeditiously, and rendered it while in progress less liable to temporary damage, likewise affording three points of bearing; for while the ashlar walling ...

— The Life of Thomas Telford by Smiles • Samuel Smiles

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