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De - Pt| English Dictionary: coppice | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for coppice | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[ocr]p"p[icr]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coppiced} (-p[icr]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coppicing}.] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[ocr]p"p[icr]s), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko`lafos. Cf. {Copse}, and cf. {Coup[82]}, {Coupee}.] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See {Copse}. The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. --Locke. | |
