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Copra

the dried kernel of the cocoanut, from which the oil has not yet been expressed.

COPT [said to have been derived from Kupt (Coptos), a city in Upper Egypt, now Ckooft or Gooft, to which the Christians sometimes fled during persecution by the Romans. The Rev. Dr. John Wilson considers that the Arab Gubt or Gibt is simply Gr. Aigyptos=Egypt], COPYING MACHINES one belonging to the Coptic Church; one of the old Egyptian race.

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