n. [ Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Coupe. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Coop. ] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n.
a. [ Cf. F. coopérant. ] Operating together;
v. i.
Whate'er cooperates to the common mirth. Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cooperatio: cf. F. coopération. ]
Not holpen by the cooperation of angels. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Operating jointly to the same end. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cooperative society,
Cooperative store,
n. [ L.: cf. F. coopérateur. ] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. “Cooperators with the truth.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The occupation of a cooper. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Each of the hundred was to coopt three others. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. cooptatus, p. p. of cootare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose. ] To choose; to elect; to coopt. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]
The first election and cooptation of a friend. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A coop or cage for hens. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. schüppe, and also to E. shove. See Shovel. ]
Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. J. R. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]
Scoop net,
Scoop wheel,
v. t.
He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. to report a story first, before (a rival); to get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival); -- used commonly in the passive;
n.