Copse (?), n. [Contr. from coppice.]
A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.
Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled.
Goldsmith.
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Copse, v. t.
1.
To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc.
Halliwell.
2.
To plant and preserve, as a copse.
Swift.
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