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See Copier.

A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.

A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. Blackstone.

One possessed of land in copyhold.

From Copy, v. Copying ink. See under Ink. -- Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. -- Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.

A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.

To secure a copyright on.

Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.

Relieving weariness; restorative.

An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.

The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.

An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror.

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.

An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.

The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.