Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate.

Coppersmith
(Cop"per*smith`) n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

Copper works
(Cop"per works`) A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.

Copperworm
(Cop"per*worm`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The teredo; — so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. (b) The ringworm.

Coppery
(Cop"per*y) a. Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.

Copperish
(Cop"per*ish), a. Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

Copper-nickel
(Cop"per-nick`el) n. (Min.) Niccolite.

Copper-nose
(Cop"per-nose) n. 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.

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.


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