From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub,
Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub,
LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]
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1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially,
a grated box for confining poultry.
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3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cooping.]
To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a
narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up,
sometimes by in.
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The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
--Dryden.
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The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the
understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke.
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2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken
tubs . . . be new cooped." --Holland.
Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
co-op \co"-op\ (k[=o]"[o^]p), n. [ contraction of co-operative
enterprise.]
a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners.
Syn: cooperative, coop.
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