Coping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Coping}.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from
     D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See {Cheap}.]
     1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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     2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
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              Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man
              As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak.
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     3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle;
        to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms
        or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed
        by with.
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              Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
                                                    --Philips.
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              Their generals have not been able to cope with the
              troops of Athens.                     --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coping \Cop"ing\, n. [See {Cope}, n.] (Arch.)
     The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often
     with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called
     {capping}. --Gwill.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coping
       n : brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: {header},
            {cope}]