copa

[ Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. Clavigero. ] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, Trachylobium verrucosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Coparcenaries [ Pref. co- + parcenary ] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of succession to an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. co- + parcener. ] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. of Coparcenary. ] (Law) An equal share of an inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Compart ] To share. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For, of all miserias, I hold that chief
Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A compartment. [ Obs. ] T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer. [ 1913 Webster ]

the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]