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coop
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coop \Coop\ (k[=oo]p), 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. [1913 Webster] 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
co-op \co"-op\ (k[=o]"[o^]p), n. [ contraction of co-operative
enterprise.]
a commercial enterprise run for the benefit of its owners.
Syn: cooperative, coop.
[WordNet 1.5]
