Defn: Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.
COPPER-NICKEL
Cop"per-nick`el, n. (Min.)
Defn: Nicolite.
COPPER-NOSE
Cop"per-nose, n.
Defn: A red nose. Shak.
COPPERPLATE Cop"per*plate, 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.
Note: 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. Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate.
COPPERSMITH
Cop"per*smith, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.
COPPER WORKS
Cop"per works.