copy (=‘specimen of penmanship’ in 2H6 IV. ii. 99）
1.
copyhold,
tenure of land ‘by copy’, i.e.
according to the copy of the manorial court-roll,
(fig.)
Mac. III. ii. 38
“in them nature's copy's
not eterne.”
2.
pattern, example
All'sW. I. ii. 46
“a copy to these younger
times,”
John IV. ii. 113, H5 III. i. 24,
Tim. III. iii. 32
“takes virtuous copies
to be wicked.”
3.
original
Sonn. xi. 14
“nor let that copy
die.”
4.
minutes or memoranda
of a conference, (hence) subject-matter, theme
Err. V. i. 62
“the copy of our
conference.”
