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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Copper \Cop"per\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Copper \Cop"per\, noun [OE. coper (cf. D. koper, Sw. koppar, Dan. kobber, G. kupfer), LL. cuper, fr. L. cuprum for earlier Cyprium, Cyprium aes, i.e., Cyprian brass, fr. Gr. ? of Cyprus (Gr. ?), anciently renowned for its copper mines. Cf. {Cypreous}.]
1. 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.
Note: Copper is the only metal which occurs native abundantly in large masses; it is found also in various ores, of which the most important are chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, and malachite. Copper mixed with tin forms bell metal; with a smaller proportion, bronze; and with zinc, it forms brass, pinchbeck, and other alloys.
2. A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. [Colloq.]
My friends filled my pockets with coppers. --Franklin.
3. A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
4. pl. Specifically (Naut.), the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.
Note: Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc.
All in a hot and copper sky. --Coleridge.
Note: It is sometimes written in combination; as, copperplate, coppersmith, copper-colored.
{Copper finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Chaffinch}.
{Copper glance}, or {Vitreous copper}. (Min.) See {Chalcocite}.
{Indigo copper}. (Min.) See {Covelline}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
copper
noun
1: a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor [syn: {Cu}, {atomic number 29}]
2: a copper penny
3: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: {bull}, {cop}, {fuzz}, {pig}]
4: a reddish brown the color of polished copper [syn: {copper color}]
5: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having copper colored wings
verb: coat with a layer of copper
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
143 Moby Thesaurus words for "copper": C, C-note, Dogberry, G, G-note, John Law, Titian, adust, auburn, aureate, bar, bay, bay-colored, bayard, bluecoat, bobby, brass, brassy, brazen, bronze, bronze-colored, bronzed, bronzy, brownish-red, buck, bull, bullion, cartwheel, castaneous, cent, century, chestnut, chestnut-brown, coin gold, coin silver, cop, copper-colored, coppery, cupreous, cuprous, dick, dime, dollar, dollar bill, ferrous, ferruginous, fifty cents, fin, fish, five cents, five hundred dollars, five-dollar bill, five-hundred-dollar bill, five-spot, fiver, flatfoot, flattie, four bits, foxy, frogskin, fuzz, gendarme, gilt, gold, gold nugget, gold-filled, gold-plated, golden, grand, gumshoe, half G, half a C, half dollar, half grand, heat, henna, hundred-dollar bill, ingot, iron, iron man, ironlike, lead, leaden, liver-brown, liver-colored, livid-brown, mahogany, man, mercurial, mercurous, mill, nickel, nickelic, nickeline, nugget, officer, peeler, penny, pewter, pewtery, pig, precious metals, quarter, quicksilver, red cent, reddish-brown, roan, rubiginous, rufous, russet, russety, rust, rust-colored, rusty, sawbuck, shamus, silver, silver dollar, silver-plated, silvery, skin, smacker, steel, steely, sunburned, ten cents, ten-spot, tenner, terra-cotta, the cops, the fuzz, the law, thousand dollars, thousand-dollar bill, tin, tinny, twenty-dollar bill, twenty-five cents, two bits, two-dollar bill, two-spot, yard, yellow stuff
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
copper n. Conventional electron-carrying network cable with a core conductor of copper -- or aluminum! Opposed to {light pipe} or, say, a short-range microwave link.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
copper Conventional electrical network cable with a core conductor of copper (or aluminium!) Opposed to {light pipe} or, say, a short-range microwave link. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-30)
From Elements database 20001107 [elements]:
copper Symbol: Cu Atomic number: 29 Atomic weight: 63.54 Red-brown transition element. Known by the Romans as 'cuprum.' Extracted and used for thousands of years. Malleable, ductile and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. When in moist conditions, a greenish layer forms on the outside.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Copper derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called "Cyprian brass," occurs only in the Authorized Version in Ezra 8:27. Elsewhere the Hebrew word (nehosheth) is improperly rendered "brass," and sometimes "steel" (2 Sam. 22:35; Jer. 15:12). The "bow of steel" (Job 20:24; Ps. 18:34) should have been "bow of copper" (or "brass," as in the R.V.). The vessels of "fine copper" of Ezra 8:27 were probably similar to those of "bright brass" mentioned in 1 Kings 7:45; Dan. 10:6. Tubal-cain was the first artificer in brass and iron (Gen. 4:22). Hiram was noted as a worker in brass (1 Kings 7:14). Copper abounded in Palestine (Deut. 8:9; Isa. 60:17; 1 Chr. 22:3, 14). All sorts of vessels in the tabernacle and the temple were made of it (Lev. 6:28; Num. 16:39; 2 Chr. 4:16; Ezra 8:27); also weapons of war (1 Sam. 17:5, 6, 38; 2 Sam. 21:16). Iron is mentioned only four times (Gen. 4:22; Lev. 26:19; Num. 31:22; 35:16) in the first four books of Moses, while copper (rendered "brass") is mentioned forty times. (See {BRASS}.) We find mention of Alexander (q.v.), a "coppersmith" of Ephesus (2 Tim. 4:14).
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