Cop

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra

2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

4. same as Merlon.

5. A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly