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  1. 1. n. A barrel or cask for liquor. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. a farm building for housing poultry Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland. Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison. Source: webster
  9. 9. To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrowcompass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden.The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding upwithin narrow bounds. Locke. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n a farm building for housing poultry n an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept Source: ecdict

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