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Bell and hopperHopper Hop"per, n. [See 1st Hop.]
1. One who, or that which, hops.
2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an
opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any
material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its
trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining
or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a
furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
3. (Mus.) See Grasshopper, 2.
4. pl. A game. See Hopscotch. --Johnson.
5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper,
Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape,
Leaf, and Tree.
(b) The larva of a cheese fly.
6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to
sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a
mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow.
Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a
blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced,
while the gases are retained.
Hopper boy, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread
meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the
floor, through which it falls.
Hopper closet, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in
which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap.
Hopper cock, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a
water-closet. Chessy copperChessy copper Ches`sy" cop"per (Min.)
The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy,
near Lyons; called also chessylite. Chopper
Chopper Chop"per, n.
One who, or that which, chops.
Clodhopper
Clodhopper Clod"hop`per, n.
A rude, rustic fellow.
CopperPyrites Py*ri"tes, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Pyre.]
(Min.)
A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of
iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or
yellowish color.
Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite,
or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when
struck with steel.
Arsenical pyrites, arsenopyrite.
Auriferous pyrites. See under Auriferous.
Capillary pyrites, millerite.
Common pyrites, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite.
Hair pyrites, millerite.
Iron pyrites. See Pyrite.
Magnetic pyrites, pyrrhotite.
Tin pyrites, stannite.
White iron pyrites, orthorhombic iron disulphide;
marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of
marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites,
etc.
Yellow, or Copper, pyrites, the sulphide of copper and
iron; chalcopyrite. CopperCopper Cop"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coppered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Coppering.]
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of
copper; as, to copper a ship. Copper barillaBarilla Ba*ril"la (b[.a]*r[i^]l"l[.a]), n. [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several species of Salsola from
which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and
lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.)
(a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure
carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc.,
and for bleaching purposes.
(b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore
plant, or kelp. --Ure.
Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed
with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also
Barilla de cobre. Copper finchFinch Finch, n.; pl. Fishes. [AS. finc; akin to D. vink,
OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to
the family Fringillid[ae].
Note: The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch,
goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
Bramble finch. See Brambling.
Canary finch, the canary bird.
Copper finch. See Chaffinch.
Diamond finch. See under Diamond.
Finch falcon (Zo["o]l.), one of several very small East
Indian falcons of the genus Hierax.
To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting
person. [Obs.] ``Privily a finch eke could he pull.'
--Chaucer. copper glanceChalcocite Chal"co*cite, n. [Gr. chalko`s brass.] (Min.)
Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and
vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic
luster. [Formerly written chalcosine.] copper uraniteTorbernite Tor"bern*ite, n. [So named after Torber Bergmann, a
Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having
a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium
and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite. Copper works
Copper works Cop"per works`
A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. --Woodward.
CopperasCopperas Cop"per*as, n. [OE. coperose, F. couperose, fr.
(assumed?) L. cuprirosa, equiv. to G. cha`lkanqos, i. e.
copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose.]
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.
Note: The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol,
and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or
the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc. copper-bellyCopperhead Cop"per*head`, n. [From its color.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon
conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but
without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red
viper.
2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who
sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.] Copper-bottomed
Copper-bottomed Cop"per-bot`tomed, a.
Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other
vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
CopperedCopper Cop"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coppered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Coppering.]
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of
copper; as, to copper a ship. Copper-faced
Copper-faced Cop"per-faced`, a.
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
Copper-fastened
Copper-fastened Cop"per-fas`tened, a.
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as,
a copper-fastened ship.
CopperheadCopperhead Cop"per*head`, n. [From its color.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon
conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but
without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red
viper.
2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who
sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.] Coppering
Coppering Cop"per*ing, n.
1. The act of covering with copper.
2. An envelope or covering of copper.
CopperingCopper Cop"per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coppered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Coppering.]
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of
copper; as, to copper a ship. Copperish
Copperish Cop"per*ish, a.
Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like
copper; as, a copperish taste.
coppernickelNiccolite Nic"co*lite, n. [from NL. niccolum nickel.] (Min.)
A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an
arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel,
kupfernickel. Copper-nickel
Copper-nickel Cop"per-nick`el, n. (Min.)
Niccolite.
coppernoseScoter Sco"ter, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia.
Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also
black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the
velvet, or double, scoter (O. fusca). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter (O. Deglandi), called also velvet duck,
white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the
black scoter (O. Americana), called also black
coot, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck (O. perspicillata), called also
baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead,
pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
collectively called also coots. The females and young
are called gray coots, and brown coots. Copper-nose
Copper-nose Cop"per-nose, n.
A red nose. --Shak.
CopperplateCopperplate Cop"per*plate` (k[o^]p"p[~e]r*pl[=a]t`), n.
(a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing
is engraved.
(b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.
Note: In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are
filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped
clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken
by pressing it under the roller of a plate press.
Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate. Copperplate pressCopperplate Cop"per*plate` (k[o^]p"p[~e]r*pl[=a]t`), n.
(a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing
is engraved.
(b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate.
Note: In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are
filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped
clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken
by pressing it under the roller of a plate press.
Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate. Coppersmith
Coppersmith Cop"per*smith` (-sm[i^]th`), n.
One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a
worker in copper.
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