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An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.] She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. B. Jonson.

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.

The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.

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

Observation of the stars. [Obs.]

Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope.

The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water.

Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of diseas; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope). Buck.

Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of opper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.

Scientific examination of the cranium.

ght. I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.

A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.

The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.