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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
coping n 1: brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: header, coping, cope] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coped (k[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Cheap.] 1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. [1913 Webster] Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips. [1913 Webster] Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Coping \Cop"ing\, n. [See Cope, n.] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. --Gwill. [1913 Webster] | ||
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