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Cooping
(gcide) | Coop \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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2. 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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Scooping
(gcide) | Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]
1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
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He scooped the water from the crystal flood.
--Dryden.
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2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig
out; to form by digging or excavation.
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Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to
hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot.
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