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   Cop , n. [AS. cop; cf. G. kopf head. Cf. Cup, Cob.]
   The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.]
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   Cop they used to call
   The tops of many hills.
   Drayton.
   
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   A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
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   A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
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   (Mil. Arch.) Same as Merlon.
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   A policeman. [Slang]
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   Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.
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