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To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.

into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect. A deserted and dilapidated buildings. Cooper.

To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." Cooper.

tic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus. Cooper's flag, the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. -- Corn flag. See under 2d Corn. -- Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made…

about which kindling wood is gathered in the morning. -- Gathering hoop, a hoop used by coopers to draw together the ends of barrel staves, to allow the hoops to be slipped over them. -- Gathering peat. (a) A piece of peat used as a gathering coal, to preserve a fire. (b) In Scotland, a fiery peat which was sent rou…

One who hoops casks or tubs; a cooper.

A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks.

Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.

e box on runners which are in one piece with the poles that form the thills. [U.S.] J. F. Cooper.

mall wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper.

Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. -- n.

, To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. J. F. Cooper.

nly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] Cooper.

The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.

an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.

To practice psalmody. " The psalmodizing art." J. G. Cooper.

common appellation for a North American Indian; -- so called from the color of the skin. Cooper.

To hold ridottos. [R.] J. G. Cooper.

A turn or change in a course. Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. Cooper.