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   Coop , 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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   A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.]
   Johnson.
   
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   An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
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   A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]
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   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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   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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