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† ˈcoppled, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 7 copled, coppild, -elled.
[f. copple + -ed.]
1. Crested, furnished with a crest or tuft.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme i. xxii. 123 The rough footed or coppild [pigeons] are too mournful. 1635Swan Spec. M. viii. §1 (1643) 363 A Saw-fish, having an hard copled head with teeth like a saw.
2. Rising conically to a summit or point.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 606 (R.) Without this cape about a league there is a little coppled rocke. 1647H. More Song of Soul i. i. xxv. So School-boyes do aspire With coppell'd hat to quelme the Bee. 1728Woodward Fossils (J.), Some being flatter on the top, others more coppled. |