*opper*

n. One who, or that which, chops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rude, rustic fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. &unr_; of Cyprus (Gr. &unr_;), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My friends filled my pockets with coppers. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Specifically (Naut.), the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

All in a hot and copper sky. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is sometimes written in combination; as, copperplate, coppersmith, copper-colored. [ 1913 Webster ]

Copper finch. (Zool.) See Chaffinch. --
Copper glance, or
Vitreous copper. (Min.) See Chalcocite. --
Indigo copper. (Min.) See Covelline. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. coperose, F. couperose, fr. (assumed?) L. cuprirosa, equiv. to G. cha`lkanqos, i. e. copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose. ] Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol, and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to provide with a copper bottom.
Syn. -- copperbottom. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to bind with a cord, tie with a cord.
Syn. -- cord up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From its color. ] 1. (Zool.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of covering with copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An envelope or covering of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) Niccolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A red nose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken by pressing it under the roller of a plate press. [ 1913 Webster ]

Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. (b) The ringworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One that crops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as doorstop.
Syn. -- doorstop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ D. dooper. ] [ Written also doper. ] An Anabaptist or Baptist. [ Contemptuous ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leader above the bob or end fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dropping tube, usually of glass or plastic with a narrow opening at the tip and a rubber bulb at the top which can be squeezed to control intake or outflow of the fluid. The word is used in combinations with obvious significance, as eye dropper, medicine dropper, etc.
Syn. -- eye dropper. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Eavesdropper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small dropping tube for delivering drops of a liquid; same as dropper{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Fopperies [ From Fop. ] 1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Folly; foolery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter
My sober house. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididæ and Locustidæ, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some are very destructive to crops. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the Locustidæ. They have long antennæ, large ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper (Locusta viridissima) belongs to this family. The common American green species mostly belong to Xiphidium, Orchelimum, and Conocephalus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) An antipersonnel mine that jumps from the ground to body height when activated, and explodes, hurling metal fragments over a wide area. [ PJC ]

4. A mixed alcoholic beverage containing crème de menthe, light cream, and sometimes crème de cacao. The name comes from its light green color. [ PJC ]

Grasshopper engine, a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point. --
Grasshopper lobster (Zool.) a young lobster. [ Local, U. S. ] --
Grasshopper warbler (Zool.), cricket bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Hop. ] 1. One who, or that which, hops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) See Grasshopper, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. A game. See Hopscotch. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree. (b) The larva of a cheese fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. --
Hopper boy, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls. --
Hopper closet, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. --
Hopper cock, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hopper (as in grasshopper) + doze or dose; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison. ] (Agric.) An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. knopper. See Knop. ] (Zool.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.
Syn. -- leafhopper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who lops or cuts off. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Loppered p. pr. & vb. n. Loppering. ] [ Cf. Prov. G. lübbern, levern, OHG. giliberōn, G. luppe, lab, rennet. ] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends. Someone who namedrops. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A utensil for popping corn, usually a wire basket with a long handle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dagger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hopscotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A farmer who rents a parcel of land from its owner and pays a portion of the crop as the rent. [ PJC ]

n. One who shops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sops. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See Eugenia. C. S. Sargent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ring stopper (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. --
Stopper bolt (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stoppered p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppering. ] To close or secure with a stopper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One that tops, in any sense of the verb; specif.: (a) A cover of a top layer or part. [ Colloq. ] (b) One that excels, surpasses, or is extraordinary of its kind. [ Slang ] (c) Any device for cutting off tops; as, a turnip topper. (d) One who tops steel ingots. (e) A three-square float (file) used by comb makers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A top hat. [ Slang or Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Tobacco left in the bottom of a pipe bowl; -- so called from its being often taken out and placed on top of the newly filled bowl. Also, a cigar stump. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who, or that which, underprops or supports. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ See Whap. ] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled whopper. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]