Definition of copper

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

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Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Venereal :: Venereal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, copper, formerly called by chemists Venus..
Daguerreotype :: Daguerreotype (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury..
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..
Bornite :: Bornite (n.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface..
Volborthite :: Volborthite (n.) A mineral occurring in small six-sided tabular crystals of a green or yellow color. It is a hydrous vanadate of copper and lime.
Dossil :: Dossil (n.) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines..
Verdigris :: Verdigris (n.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates..
Dollardee :: Dollardee (n.) A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream..
Bell Metal :: Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin; -- used for making bells..
Norwegium :: Norwegium (n.) A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway..
Coppery :: Coppery (a.) Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A vertical series of alternate disks of two dissimilar metals, as copper and zinc, laid up with disks of cloth or paper moistened with acid water between them, for producing a current of electricity; -- commonly called Volta's pile, voltaic pile, or galvanic pile..
Denier :: Denier (n.) A small copper coin of insignificant value.
Farthing :: Farthing (n.) The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency..
Copper-nose :: Copper-nose (n.) A red nose.
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..
Money :: Money (n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin..
Copper :: Copper (n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper..
Babbitt Metal :: Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction..
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