cooper

A rating for a first-class petty officer, who repairs casks, &c.

← coop × coot →

Cooper
·noun One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, ·etc. II. Cooper ·vt To do the work of a cooper upon...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Cooper, Thomas
(1805-1892) Chartist poet, was b. at Leicester, and apprenticed to a shoemaker. In spite of hardshi...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Cooper, James Fenimore
(1789-1851) Novelist, b. at Burlington, New Jersey, and ed. at Yale Coll., he in 1808 entered the U...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin