2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
4. (Mil. Arch.)
Defn: same as Merlon.
5. A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly
COPAIBA; COPAIVA
Co*pai"ba, Co*pai"va, n. Etym: [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba.]
(Med.)
Defn: A more or less viscid, vellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; — called also balsam of copaiba. [Written also capivi.]
COPAL
Co"pal, Etym: [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, Clavigero.]
Defn: A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of
Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum,
T. verrocosum, and Hymenæa Courbaril), and dug from earth where
forests have stood in Africa; — used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur
COPALM
Co"palm`, n.