单词 | cop-head |
释义 | ˈcop-head Obs. exc. dial. [f. cop n.2 + head.] 1. A high peaked head. Cf. cop, copped-crowned, s.v. cop n.2 8, copped 5. 2. ‘A crest of feathers or tuft of hair on the head of an animal’ (Halliwell); a crested head. Cf. copple, copple-crown. †3. to play cop-head over: app. to turn head over heels. Obs.
1671J. Blagrave Astrol. Physick 174 In her fits she..would sometimes leap about with her arms and legs like a frog, sometimes she would play cop-head over and over. Hence cop-headed, having a cop-head, or high tapering head.
1519W. Horman Vulg. 31/1 Homer..sayth that he [Thersyte] was streyte in the shulders..and copheedyd [vertice acuminato] lyke a gygge. Ibid. 31/2 A copheedyd felowe may haue wytte ynough, cilo satis potest sapere. 1881Dickinson Cumbrld. Gloss. (2nd Suppl.), Copt, Cop-heedit, [having] a peaked crown, as many polled cattle have. |

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