Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off..

Boottopping :: Boottopping (n.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Chessy Copper :: Chessy copper () The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite..

Chioppine :: Chioppine (n.) Same as Chopine, n..

Chopped :: Chopped (imp. & p. p.) of Cho.

Chopper :: Chopper (n.) One who, or that which, chops..

Chopping :: Chopping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cho.

Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Stout or plump; large.

Chopping :: Chopping (a.) Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea..

Chopping :: Chopping (n.) Act of cutting by strokes.

Choppy :: Choppy (a.) Full of cracks.

Choppy :: Choppy (a.) Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea..

Clodhopper :: Clodhopper (n.) A rude, rustic fellow..

Clodhopping :: Clodhopping (a.) Boorish; rude.

Copped :: Copped (a.) Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested.

Coppel :: Coppel (n. & v.) See Cupel.

Copper :: Copper (n.) 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..

Copper :: Copper (n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper..

Copper :: Copper (n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper..

Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..

Copper :: Copper (v. t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship..

Copper Works :: Copper works () A place where copper is wrought or manufactured.

Copper-bottomed :: Copper-bottomed (a.) Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship..

Copper-faced :: Copper-faced (a.) Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type..

Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..

Copper-nickel :: Copper-nickel (n.) Niccolite.

Copper-nose :: Copper-nose (n.) A red nose.

Copperas :: Copperas (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate..

Coppered :: Coppered (imp. & p. p.) of Coppe.

Copperhead :: Copperhead (n.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper..

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