单词 | coup |
释义 | coupn.1 Now only Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > [noun] dintc897 swengOE stroke1297 dentc1325 swinga1400 stripec1475 handstroke1488 coup1523 cope1525 handystroke1542 hand stripe1543 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > onslaught of battle > shock of onslaught smallOE acoupinga1375 copinga1375 coup1523 cope1525 shock1565 encountery1566 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxiii. 616 [They]..thrust so sore eche at other, that the speares flewe all to peces..and at the seconde coupe they dyde in lykewise. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 124 Sum gat ane coup gart all hir tymmaris crak. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1237 The kyng with the caupe [was] caste to þe ground. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10890 Ho knowen was for kene with kaupe of hir swerd. 2. A fall, upset, overturn. Scottish. ΚΠ 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2430 Let se gif I can loup. I man rin fast, in cace I get ane coup. a1586 ? Montgomerie ‘My Ladyis Pulcritud’ 28 Albeit from cair to cair Thou catche my hairt in coup. 1823 J. Galt Entail I. v. 40 Dear me..but ye hae gotten an unco cowp. I hope nae bones are broken? 3. A dislocation or fault by which a coal-seam is tilted up. Scottish. ΚΠ 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 329 (Jam.) [Campsie Par.] The coal in this district is full of irregularities stiled by the workmen coups, and hitches, and dykes..These coups and hitches..are found where the strata above and below the coal suddenly approach, or retreat from each other, by this means couping the coal out of its regular bed. 4. Scottish. a. The act of tilting or shooting rubbish from a cart, wheelbarrow, etc.; also the right or permission to do this at a specified place. ΚΠ 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Coup, the act, right, or liberty of emptying a cart-load..Free-Coup, liberty to coup or deposit rubbish free of charge; also, a place where this liberty may be had. [Called also free toom.] b. A place where rubbish is deposited; a rubbish dump or tip. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > place for disposing of refuse Tophet1382 shooting-ground1835 shoot1851 dumping-ground1857 dump1872 toom1882 dust-shoot1883 coup1886 nuisance ground1889 tip1890 1886 J. Barrowman Gloss. Sc. Mining Terms 20 Coup, a bank, or face of a bing, where debris is tipped. 1899 J. B. Salmond My Man, Sandy 66 The beach ootby at the Saut Pan, whaur thaur's a free coup for rubbitch. 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 105/1 Coup..n. a tip-cart; a fall, upset;..a place for emptying cartloads of earth, ashes, rubbish, &c. 1938 St. Andrews Citizen 12 Feb. 10/5 Mr C.—, architect, stated that he would require a coup for material..and he indicated a site which he has in view for the purpose. 1972 M. Kean Scottish–Eng. Eng.–Scottish 10 Coup (n.), rubbish tip. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). coupcoopn.2 Obsolete or dialect. 1. a. A cart or wagon with closed sides and ends, thus fitted for carting dung, lime, etc. ΚΠ 1582 in T. West Antiq. Furness (1774) App. viii Carriages, called cowps, of the tenants of the sd manor..in which they did take and carry..dung. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 17 Coop, a Muck-coop, a Lime-coop; a Cart or Wain made close with Boards, to carry any thing that otherwise would fall out. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 420 Caup, as a muck caup. 1774 T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 48 A coup laden with magazeen, drawn by six oxen. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 323 Coop, an ox cart, with a close body, and without ‘shelvings’, for carrying manure, etc. still in use. a1814 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. x. 199 Recourse was had to coups, i.e. panniers fixed upon a sledge. 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Coop, Cowp, a small fell~side cart. b. Sometimes explained as a cart that can be ‘couped’ or tilted. (Pronounced ΚΠ 1875 Lanc. Gloss. Coup, a cart that can be couped or tilted. (N. Lancash.) 2. The load of such a cart. ΚΠ 1679 in Archæol. & Hist. Coll. Ayr & Wigton (1884) IV. 149 For seven score sextine coups of fuilzie. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as coup-load; coup-lining n. the boards forming the sides of a ‘coup’. Also coup-cart n. ΚΠ a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 20 The best and readyest way for keeping in of the water..is to sette downe broade and close doore or coupe-lynings against some hecke or bridge. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 112 As many coupe loads of redde clay. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). coupn.3 1. A blow, a stroke (that one sustains). rare. ΚΠ 1793 F. Burney Lett. 4 Oct. This is a terrible coup, so soon after your union. 2. a. A stroke, a move (that one makes); a successful move, a ‘hit’. †at one coup (= French tout d'un coup): at one stroke, at once. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed deedc825 i-wurhtc888 workOE casec1325 acta1393 actiona1393 operationc1395 featc1420 exploitc1425 commissionc1475 factc1487 practice1547 part1561 practisement1581 issuea1616 performancea1616 performenta1641 factum1641 coup1791 stunt1904 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > a successful stroke gird1513 feat1564 grand coup1752 coup1791 tour de force1802 hit1811 ten-strike1840 bull's-eye1857 score1901 strike1901 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adverb] > at one stroke at oncea1300 at one coup1791 1791 Gentleman's Mag. 61 ii. 829 A corrupt majority, who have at one coup overthrown all that is good. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. ii. 161 Alfred is the only fellow who has made a coup. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. ii. 16 Henry Foker is engaged to his cousin..not a bad coup of Lady Rosherville's, that. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts III. 77 He hailed the chance for a grand theatrical coup. b. = coup d'état n. at sense 5a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > coup d'état coup d'état1646 stroke of state1783 pronunciamiento1833 coup1852 takeover1939 1852 N. Brit. Rev. 16 584 A tyranny..which it required the ..coup of the 9th Thermidor to overthrow. 1958 Economist 26 July 267 The coup in which Nuri es-Said..and the Hashemite dynasty were destroyed. 3. Billiards. The act of holing a ball without its first striking another ball, which occasions a forfeit. Esp. in to run a coup. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > billiards, pool, or snooker > [noun] > actions or types of play raking1674 coup1744 Whitechapel play1755 bricole1775 trailing1775 star1839 cannoning1841 safety1844 spotting1849 billiard-sharping1865 stringing1873 safety play1896 potting1909 1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket i. 5 Or when the Ball, close cushion'd, slides askew, And to the op'ning Pocket runs, a Cou. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. xv. 133 He..took his antagonist's ball for his own, ran a coup, and finished in a passion by tearing the cloth with his cue. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games 608 The player may lose a life..by running a coup. 1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 98/2 The points of the game are..1 for a miss,..and 3 for ‘running a coo’. 1873 J. Bennett & ‘Cavendish’ Billiards 5 A miss lost one and a coup three. 1908 Strand Mag. Feb. 194 All that it is necessary to do is to run a coup with the cue ball into the centre pocket. 4. Among North American Indians: A successful stroke; esp. one that captures the weapon or horse of an enemy. Also attributive, as coup-stick n. (see quot. 18762). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > pole or staff roodOE staffc1000 reppleOE slot-staff1561 long-staff1595 bone-baster1600 handstaff1611 ballowa1616 watch pole1712 coup-stick1876 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. iv. 27 Each one..recited his exploits, and his ‘coups’ or deaths. 1876 R. I. Dodge Plains Great West in J. S. Farmer Dict. Americanisms Giving the Coup..the term indicates that it was..named by the old French trappers, predecessors of the Hudson Bay Company. When a foe has been struck down in a fight, the scalp belongs to him who shall first strike the body with knife or tomahawk. This is the coup. 1876 J. G. Bourke Diary 15 June (2003) I. 317 Young warriors..making coup sticks, which are long willow branches, about 12 feet from end to end, stripped of leaves & bark and having each some distinctive mark in the way of feathers, bells, [etc.]... Hence in dividing the spoil, each man claims the animal first struck by his coup stick. 1921 Glasgow Herald 12 Nov. 7 Chief Plenty Coos laid his coupstick (symbol of tribal authority) and his war bonnet on the tomb. 1963 Beaver Summer 33/2 Befeathered coup stick (to touch an enemy or count coup was a braver act than killing him). 5. French phrases frequent in English use. a. coup d'état n. /ku deta/ [French état state] a sudden and decisive stroke of state policy; spec. a sudden and great change in the government carried out violently or illegally by the ruling power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > [noun] > political actions or practice > sudden stroke of state policy coup d'état1646 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > coup d'état coup d'état1646 stroke of state1783 pronunciamiento1833 coup1852 takeover1939 1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 157 These were the two first Coups d'estat, stroaks of State that he made. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 352 I shall be sorry to commence the era of peace by a coup d'état such as that which I had in contemplation. 1859 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem II. xcviii. 87 A coup d'état as effectual for the time as that of Louis Napoleon [2 Dec. 1851]. b. coup de force n. /ku də fɔrs/ [literal stroke of force] a sudden, violent action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > sudden or rapid > instance of coup de force1835 wham-bam1975 1835 J. S. Mill in London Rev. Oct. 277 Their tampering with that measure was a coup de force. 1949 I. Deutscher Stalin xiii. 535 The only chance of breaking out of their impasse lay in a coup de force. c. coup de foudre n. /ku də fudr/ [literally stroke of lightning] a sudden unforeseen occurrence; a revelation; also, love at first sight. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [noun] > that which is unforeseen the chapter of accidents1738 coup de foudre1779 imprévu1854 1779 Mrs. E. Boscawen Let. 23 June in C. Aspinall-Oglander Admiral's Widow (1942) xvii. 96 This sentence..was a perfect coup de foudre bursting amidst our tranquil scenes. 1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Check to your King xiv. 163 Rumours of similar French coups de foudre were everywhere. 1955 Times 28 July 10/6 There is the first sight of it, virgin and gleaming from the makers, and the coup de foudre that makes us instantly one with it. d. coup de glotte n. /ku də ɡlɔt/ [French glotte glottis] the glottal stop. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > glottal catch1788 glottal catch (also stop1877 glottid1883 coup de glotte1909 recursive1924 stød1954 1909 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1922 G. B. Shaw Let. 27 Jan. (1960) 16 Afterall and Westminsterabbey may have to be unlearned for the stage, as the coup de glotte before a vowel, German fashion, is often necessary for emphasis, audibility in a big house. 1962 John o' London's 19 July 65/3 The much-abused, but little understood, coup de glotte. e. coup de grâce n. /ku də ɡras/ [literally stroke of grace] a blow by which one condemned or mortally wounded is ‘put out of his misery’ or dispatched quickly; hence figurative a finishing stroke, one that settles or puts an end to something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > finishing touch or crowning act copestone1567 last hand1567 colophon1628 capstone1685 grace stroke1686 finishing stroke1695 coup de grâce1699 touch-up1733 finish1779 crowner1815 coping-stone1860 grace note1922 topper1940 the world > life > death > killing > killing for specific reason > [noun] > mercy killing coup de grâce1699 mercy-stroke1702 stroke of grace1837 euthanasia1869 death control1917 mercy killing1925 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > coming or bringing to an end > bringing to an end > that which or one who enderc1405 finisher1526 concluder1601 coup de grâce1699 settler1744 closer1961 1699 S. Garth Dispensary iv. 43 Whilst Poor Pretenders trifle o're a Case, You but appear, and give the Coup de Grace. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 326 Not being indulged, like other Malefactors, with the Coup de Grace, the favourable Blow, to put an End to their Pain. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 481/1 Whenever the baker's stomach fails him, he meets his coup de grace in the adulterated drugs of his friend the apothecary. f. coup de main n. /ku də mɛ̃/ [literally stroke of hand] ‘a sudden and vigorous attack, for the purpose of instantaneously capturing a position’ (Stocqueler Mil. Encycl.); also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] fiend-reseOE frumresec1275 assault1297 sault1297 inracea1300 sailing13.. venuea1330 checkc1330 braid1340 affrayc1380 outrunningc1384 resinga1387 wara1387 riota1393 assailc1400 assayc1400 onset1423 rake?a1425 pursuitc1425 assemblinga1450 brunta1450 oncominga1450 assembly1487 envaya1500 oncomea1500 shovea1500 front1523 scry1523 attemptate1524 assaulting1548 push1565 brash1573 attempt1584 affront?1587 pulse1587 affret1590 saliaunce1590 invasion1591 assailment1592 insultation1596 aggressa1611 onslaught1613 source1616 confronta1626 impulsion1631 tentative1632 essaya1641 infall1645 attack1655 stroke1698 insult1710 coup de main1759 onfall1837 hurrah1841 beat-up of quarters1870 offensive1887 strafe1915 grand slam1916 hop-over1918 run1941 strike1942 1759 Ann. Reg. 1758 373/2 Coup de main, and Manœuvre, might be excusable in Marshal Saxe. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France II. liv. 46 Laudohn retook it..by the most brilliant coup-de-main that perhaps ever was struck. 1801 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 365 This place can be taken by a coup de main, and probably in no other manner. 1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics xiii. 169 To secure the guns from the coup de main on the left. g. coup d'œil /ku dœj/ [French œil eye] : (a) A glance taking in a general view; concrete a view or scene as it strikes the eye at a glance. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > survey overlook1584 survey1589 coup d'œil1739 periscope1825 eye sweep1833 oversight1889 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery regardc1500 prospect1573 discovery1587 prospective1599 view1606 perspective1612 landscape?a1645 vista1657 coup d'œil1739 scape1773 survey1821 outlook1828 eyeshot1860 outscape1868 1739 T. Gray Let. 21 Nov. in Corr. (1971) I. 130 This is the first coup d'œil, and is almost all I am yet able to give you an account of. 1785 European Mag. 8 468 The spot is a beautiful coup d'œil, a woody recess. 1837 J. Richardson Brit. Legion (ed. 2) i. 2 We embraced one of the most magnificent coup-d'œils it is possible to conceive. 1890 Eng. Illustr. Mag. No. 87. 227 The first magnificent coup d'œil. (b) Military. The action or faculty of rapidly taking a general view of a position and estimating its advantages and disadvantages. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance > rapid coup d'œil1839 1839 C. Napier in W. N. Bruce Life Gen. C. Napier (1885) iv. 127 This is my first coup d'œil, and may be a very erroneous one. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 1864 W. H. Ainsworth John Law I. i. iv. 199 He was but a mediocre general, lacking the coup d'œil of genius. h. coup de poing n. /ku də pwɛ̃/ [literally stroke of fist] a Chellean implement in the form of a shaped flint; a hand-axe; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > prehistoric tool > [noun] > types of flintstonec1400 celt1748 fairy hammer1815 axe1851 flint-flake1851 stone-axe1864 flake-knife1865 scraper1865 thumb-flint1865 tool-stone1865 saddle quern1867 fabricator1872 grattoir1872 hammer-stone1872 tribrach1873 flake1875 hand-axe1878 pick1888 turtle-back1890 racloir1892 eolith1895 pebble chopper1895 palaeotalith1897 tranchet1899 point1901 pygmy flint1907 microlith1908 Gravette1911 keeled scraper1911 lissoir1911 coup de poing1912 end-scraper1915 burin1916 rostro-carinate1919 tortoise core1919 blade1921 axe-adze1925 petit tranchet1926 tournette1927 pebble tool1931 raclette1932 biface1934 cleaver1935 thumbnail scraper1937 microblade1959 linguate1966 1912 R. Munro Palæolithic Man ii. 30 The Saint Acheul deposits, which have yielded an enormous quantity of flint implements of the coup-de-poing type. 1923 A. L. Kroeber Anthropol. xiv. 398 The coup-de-poing being a comparatively effective, regularly shaped, symmetrical implement involving both an ideal of form and a tolerable, rough skill to produce. 1932 Antiquity 6 190 These flake industries seem to be quite distinct from the coup-de-poing industries. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > environmental disorders > [noun] > sunstroke or heatstroke sun heatOE calenture1593 insolation1758 coup de soleil1772 sunstroke1787 star-stroke1837 touch of the sun1867 thermoplegia1909 1772 Duchess of Northumberland Diary 23 Apr. (1926) 166 The use is to prevent the wearer from receiving a Coup de Soleil. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 260 Even a coup de soleil is to be counteracted by the external application of..volatile alkali. 1814 Q. Rev. Oct. 202 Many European soldiers [in India] were struck dead by a coup de soleil. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 4 I..got the malaria at Rome, a coup-de-soleil at Naples. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia xxii. 553 Bacheet had a slight coup de soleil. j. coup de théâtre n. /ku də teɑtr/ a theatrical hit; a sensational turn or action in a play; transferred any sudden sensational act. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > act or achievement wonder-work971 wonder?1473 miracle1586 coup d'éclat1668 coup de théâtre1747 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other parts of play narration1586 coup de théâtre1747 tableau1808 sparagmos1949 parabasis1952 1747 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann June 26 This coup de theâtre procured Knight his Irish coronet. 1889 J. Morley Walpole xi. 225 The House of Commons is the worst place in the world for coups de théatre. k. coup de vent n. /ku də vɑ̃/ [French vent wind] a whirlwind; a gale. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind > whirlwind or tornado thodec725 storbilonc1315 whirlwinda1340 whirl-puffa1382 whirly-wind14.. rodion?a1439 tourbillion1477 trobelliona1500 hurlwind1509 typhon1555 whirler1606 travado1625 tornado1626 wild winda1661 turbo1677 vortexa1700 tornade1727 twirlwind1770 whirl-blast1800 coup de vent1831 twirlblast1865 twister1897 1831 B. Disraeli Young Duke I. i. xi. 93 Oh, what a coup-de-vent! 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xiii. 237 Monsieur went off like a coup de vent the other night. l. In other phrases, now rare or obsolete in English use, as coup d'éclat, a stroke which makes a sensation; coup d'essai, a first attempt; coup de maître, an action worthy of a master, a master-stroke. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > exceptional or remarkable adventurec1300 bearinga1387 feata1400 hardiment1487 facta1525 derring-do1579 achievement1583 adventry1616 coup d'éclat1668 exploit1725 venture1810 stunt1892 a hard act to follow1942 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt > a first attempt coup d'essai1668 cockshy1891 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > act or achievement wonder-work971 wonder?1473 miracle1586 coup d'éclat1668 coup de théâtre1747 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > display of skill > an act or feat of skill > masterly master-prize1604 masterpiece1607 coup de maître1668 master touch1687 masterstroke1691 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 54 Any Character or humour wherein he would show a Coup de Maistre, or his highest skill. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. ii. 72 Sir Fop...I have been endeavouring at a song!.. 'Tis my Coup d' Essay in English. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 324. ⁋1 To put the Watch to a total Rout, and mortify some of those inoffensive Militia, is reckon'd a Coup d'éclat. 1760 S. Foote Minor i. 26 Ay, that will be a coup de maîtro. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 69 It may do for a coup d'essai, and prove no bad foundation for a future engagement. 1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission to Ashantee i. vi. 123 It would be a coup d'éclat much more important and agreeable, if he could settle the Warsaw palaver as well. 1845 J. W. Croker in Q. Rev. Sept. 526 This work seems..to be a respectable coup d'essai, written with some thought. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 270 There are limits..to our friend's intelligence. It would have been a coup-de-maître had he deduced what I would deduce and acted accordingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). coupcowpv.1 Scottish and northern dialect. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > submit to or receive punishment underliec960 suffera1250 coupc1300 payc1384 get?a1513 drink1677 to take out1910 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] > by suffering coupc1300 quita1400 smarta1425 expiate1665 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1800 ‘No,’ quodh on, ‘þat shaltou coupe,’ And bigan til him to loupe. 2. To exchange, barter. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > barter > [verb (transitive)] interchangec1374 changea1382 barterc1440 corsec1440 rore1440 truckc1440 coss14.. scorse1509 chafferc1535 to chop and change1549 chop1554 cope1570 excourse1593 swap1594 coupc1610 exchange1614 to trade off1676 rap1699 dicker1864 horse-trade1924 c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 2 He had been couped from hand to hand, sometimes kept against his will as a captive. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 18 Coup, to exchange or swap: Horse-coupers, Horse-buyers. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Coup, cowp, to exchange, to barter. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 37 To Coup, to exchange. ‘Will you coup seats with me?’.. To have the ‘couping word’, the last or decisive word which shall fix the bargain or exchange. 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 356 There's Billy the Barber for coupin' see cliver. 1893 N.E.D. at Coup Mod. Sc. I'll coup knives with you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). coupcoupev.2ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > make footwear [verb (transitive)] > carry out other processes coupa1300 foot1465 unsole1598 close1801 galosha1817 top-piece1830 tree1856 sprig1885 knife1888 to knock up1905 spring1905 a1300 Syr Degarre 790 His sschon i-couped as a kniȝt. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 14 To geten him gylte spores or galoches ycouped [C. y-coped, ykeped]. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1193 With oute couped shone. 2. Heraldry. To cut off clean: see couped adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > place charge on [verb (transitive)] > cut off coup1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xiii. 125 Couping is when a part is cut off smooth. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxiv. 271 Piercing, voiding, fimbriating, ingrailing, couping [the cross]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). coupv.3 Scottish. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > join or meet in battle to come togetherOE to lay togetherc1275 smitec1275 to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1297 joustc1330 meetc1330 copec1350 assemblea1375 semblea1375 coup?a1400 to fight togethera1400 strikea1400 joinc1400 to join the battle1455 to commit battle?a1475 rencounter1497 to set ina1500 to pitch a battlea1513 concura1522 rescounter1543 scontre1545 journey1572 shock1575 yoke1581 to give in1610 mix1697 to engage a combat1855 to run (or ride) a-tilt1862 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > jousting or tilting > joust or tilt [verb (intransitive)] playeOE bourdisec1320 joustc1330 copec1350 tourney1390 coup?a1400 joustenc1400 to joust of warc1400 to run togetherc1410 bourda1500 to fight at barriers1532 runa1533 to run at (the) tilt1548 jostle1580 tilt1595 to break a treea1600 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 to run tilt1831 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2059 Thane the comlyche kynge..With a crewelle launce cowpez fulle euene..emange the schortte rybbys. c1400 Rowland & O. 453 In scheldes þay cowped full euen. 2. transitive. To overturn, upset, tilt; to empty out, as from a cart or wheelbarrow by suddenly tilting or the like; to toss off (a pot of liquor). to coup the crans, or creels: Scottish Fishery phrases; also figurative to cause or sustain an upset, be upset, come to grief; in various applications. (See cran n.2, creel n.1) ΚΠ a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation 203 (Jam.) The pure woman..coupit up his heilles so that his heid went down. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 399 He is in hazard of being couped and wrecked. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 123 But stooks are cowpet wi' the blast. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ix, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 173 The bairns would be left to..coup ane anither into the fire. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 234 She only spaes fortunes, and does not..coup cadgers' carts, or ony sort of mischief. 1832–53 Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. (Sc. Songs) 9 Let us coup aff our bicker, And toast meikle joy to the twa. 1874 Sunday Mag. 823 He just brings a cartload of texts and cowps them in. 1893 N.E.D. at Coup Mod. Sc. The horse ran away and coupit the cart. 3. intransitive. To be overturned or upset; to fall or tumble over; to capsize. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > capsize or be upset whelma1300 overturna1393 overset1641 coup1787 upset1799 capsize1805 to turn the turtle1818 to go over1829 keela1860 to turn turtle1860 wintle1867 turtle1920 1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook xviii, in Poems (new ed.) 63 I drew my scythe in sic a fury, I nearhand cowpit wi' my hurry. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 236 ‘Over he cowped as if he had been dead.’ 1853 C. Reade Christie Johnstone 228 ‘She'll hae coupit a mile wast Inch Keith, an' the tide rinning aff the island.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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