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coppled
† ˈcoppled, ppl. a. Obs. Also 7 copled, coppild, -elled. [f. copple + -ed.] 1. Crested, furnished with a crest or tuft.1600 Surflet Countrie Farme i. xxii. 123 The rough footed or coppild [pigeons] are too mournful. 1635 Swan Spec. M. viii. §1 (1643) 363 A Saw-fish, having an hard copled head with t...
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copling
† ˈcoppling, copling, ppl. a. Obs. [Related to copple n. 2, and coppled; but in senses 2 and 3 app. influenced by cockling, toppling.] 1. Swelling upwards to a summit.1670 H. Stubbe The Plus Ultra 144 It rose with an unequal intumescence, copling, like a loaf in the midst. 1688 in Somers Tracts Ser....
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couwee
† couwee, a. Obs. [a. F. couée tailed.] In ‘ryme couwee’, OF. rime couée, med.L. rithmus caudatus tailed rime, applied to a couplet or stanza with a tail, tag, or additional short line.[13.. Ars Rithmicandi in Reliq. Antiq. I. 32 Rithmorum caudatorum alii sunt consoni alii dissoni..Primus modus est ...
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kowe
▪ I. † kowe Obs. [a. OF. cowe, coue, etc., var. of queue tail, queue; cf. cue n.3] A ‘tail’, tag, or additional short line after a couplet or at the end of a stanza of verse. (Cf. couwee.)c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 88 If it were made in ryme couwee,..Þat rede Inglis it ere inowe Þat couthe...
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couple
▪ I. couple, n. (ˈkʌp(ə)l) Forms: 4 coppell, 4–5 cuple, copul(l, coupel, 4–6 coupil(l, -yl(l, cople, copple, 4–7 cupple, 5 coupull, cowp-, cwpylle, cuppil, -ylle, 5–6 copel, -il(l, -yl(l, cowple, 6 coople, 4– couple. [a. OF. cople, cuple, later couple:—L. cōpula band, tie, connexion: see copula.] I....
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