(obsolete, dialect) To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits. / (obsolete, figuratively) To silence or prevent from speaking.

(architecture) The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.

present participle of cope

A surname. / An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Colorado, United States. / An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.

to deal successfully with a difficult problem

A rule stating that population lineages tend to increase in body size over evolutionary time.

plural of Cope rearrangement

(organic chemistry) The (normally reversible) thermal isomerization of a 1,5-diene to yield a more stable regioisomer

A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove.

plural of cope chisel