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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coppiced} (-p[i^]st); p. pr & vb n. {Coppicing}.] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coppice \Cop"pice\ (k[o^]p"p[i^]s), n. [OF. copeiz fr coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus fr Gr ko`lafos. Cf {Copse}, and cf {Coup['e]}, {Coupee}.] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See {Copse}. The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coppice n : a dense growth of bushes [syn: {brush}, {brushwood}, {copse}, {thicket}]
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