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Compiler for xBase
Clipper is an xBase compiler that implements a variant of the xBase computer programming language. It is used to create or extend software programs that
Clipper (programming language)
Clipper_(programming_language)
Computer programming language
computer programming language, used mainly to create database/business programs. It is a modernised cross-platform version of the older Clipper system,
Harbour (programming language)
Harbour_(programming_language)
Topics referred to by the same term
manufacturer Clipper (lighter), a brand of cigarette lighter Clipper (programming language), a programming language for dBase III Clipper (electronics)
Clipper_(disambiguation)
to notable programming languages, in current or historical use. Dialects of BASIC (which have their own page), esoteric programming languages, and markup
List_of_programming_languages
List of programming languages types and the languages that meet its description
list of notable programming languages, grouped by notable language attribute. As a language can have multiple attributes, the same language can be in multiple
List of programming languages by type
List_of_programming_languages_by_type
Group of computer programming languages
A fourth-generation programming language (4GL) is a high-level computer programming language that belongs to a class of languages envisioned as an advancement
Fourth-generation programming language
Fourth-generation_programming_language
Traditional first example of a computer programming language
in most general-purpose programming languages, this program is used to illustrate a language's basic syntax. Such a program is often the first written
Hello,_world
Database language, released 1986
fourth-generation programming language (4GL), multi-paradigm, programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) from SoftVelocity used to program database
Clarion (programming language)
Clarion_(programming_language)
General-purpose programming language
general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup. First released in 1985 as an extension of the C programming language, adding
C++
record of notable programming languages, by decade. History of computing hardware History of programming languages Programming language Timeline of computing
Timeline of programming languages
Timeline_of_programming_languages
of programming languages spans from documentation of early mechanical computers to modern tools for software development. Early programming languages were
History of programming languages
History_of_programming_languages
NASA space mission to Jupiter and Europa
Europa Clipper (previously known as the Europa Multiple Flyby Mission) is a mission to send a space probe developed by NASA to study Europa, a Galilean
Europa_Clipper
Programming language and database format
interpreted mode for interactive development or ad-hoc projects. Clipper (programming language) DBase Harbour (software) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Display
XBase
Database management system
dBase product and especially the dBase programming language. These included FoxBASE+ (later renamed FoxPro), Clipper, and other so-called xBase products
DBase
XBase Clipper (programming language) Harbour (software) Visual FoxPro Straley, Stephen J. (1995). Straley's guide to CA-Visual objects for Clipper and xBase
Visual_Objects
Clipper/dBase; and is especially versatile in dealing with strings, having hundreds of dedicated functions, making it one of the richest languages for
Proteus (programming language)
Proteus_(programming_language)
Public transit ticketing system in the San Francisco Bay Area, US
The Clipper card is a reloadable contactless smart card used for automated fare collection in the San Francisco Bay Area. First introduced as TransLink
Clipper_card
Graphics software library
The General Polygon Clipper (GPC) is a software library providing for computing the results of clipping operations on sets of polygons. It generalises
General_Polygon_Clipper
Computer vision library
the programming language C++, as is its primary interface. There are language bindings in Python, Java, and MATLAB/Octave. The application programming interface
OpenCV
United States airline (1927–1991)
identified by its blue globe logo ("The Blue Meatball"), the use of the word "Clipper" in its aircraft names and call signs, and the white uniform caps of its
Pan_Am
Relational database management system
of programmers. Paradox for Windows applications are programmed in a different programming language called ObjectPAL. Although key features of the DOS product
Paradox_(database)
List of notable software written in or for the C++ programming language
notable software and programming tools for the C++ programming language, including libraries, web frameworks, programming language implementations, compilers
List of C++ software and tools
List_of_C++_software_and_tools
Programming language
a programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It is a data-centric and procedural programming language with object-oriented programming (OOP)
Visual_FoxPro
Gradient boosting machine learning library
now has package implementations for Java, Scala, Julia, Perl, and other languages. This brought the library to more developers and contributed to its popularity
XGBoost
Topics referred to by the same term
CLIPS, a software tool for building expert systems, including the programming language COOL Calling line identification presentation, a Caller ID technology
Clip
Knowledge base and note-taking software
2022). "Notiz-Programm Obsidian bekommt Leinwand-Option" [Note-taking program Obsidian gets canvas option]. heise online (in German). Archived from the
Obsidian_(software)
without sacrificing the natural syntax provided by other mathematical programming systems. Indeed, it has been recognized as a pioneer in the area of C++
Blitz++
Typographical symbol (@)
operator status on a channel. @ is used in various programming languages and other computer languages, although there is not a consistent theme to its usage
At_sign
American radio and television series
fictional town of Grover, Arizona. Penny's brother Clipper also appeared during the first season. Penny and Clipper were also pilots, although they were inexperienced
Sky_King
Programming language
object-oriented programming, computer programs are designed by making them out of objects that interact with one another. Statically typed programming language Argument-dependent
Outline of the C++ programming language
Outline_of_the_C++_programming_language
Fourth-generation programming language
"Open Rapid Object Application Development", is a fourth-generation programming language (4GL) and development suite from Actian Corporation. It includes
OpenROAD
1961 American TV series or program
April 4, 1962. Brian Kelly as Scott Ross John Ashley as Clipper Hamilton Scott Ross and Clipper Hamilton are the co-owners of the Straightaway Garage,
Straightaway_(TV_series)
software, beginning with assembly language, and continuing through functional programming and object-oriented programming paradigms. Computing as a concept
History_of_software
Collection of classes and functions used in the C++ programming language
In the C++ programming language, the C++ Standard Library is a collection of classes and functions, which are written in the core language and part of
C++_Standard_Library
Topics referred to by the same term
company Nantucket Corporation, the company that developed the programming language Clipper "There once was a man from Nantucket", the opening line for many
Nantucket_(disambiguation)
Set of rules defining correctly structured C++ program
Fortran programming language, is conditionally supported in C++.[citation needed] The following words refer to literal values used by the language, of which
C++_syntax
Topics referred to by the same term
Reason (argument), a factor which justifies or explains Reason (programming language), an alternative OCaml syntax and toolchain created at Facebook Reason
Reason_(disambiguation)
Collection of C++ libraries
(also known simply as Boost) are a set of libraries for the C++ programming language that provides support for tasks and structures such as linear algebra
Boost_(C++_libraries)
Spreadsheet component of LibreOffice
Foundation. Retrieved 16 December 2015. "Calc, the LibreOffice spreadsheet program". The Document Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2011. Petersen, Richard
LibreOffice_Calc
Public school in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Retrieved April 22, 2026. "Football players used anti-Semitic language at game". Duxbury Clipper. March 24, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021. Rosenberg, Steven
Duxbury_High_School
1941 film by John Rawlins
Bombay Clipper is a 1942 aviation drama film directed by John Rawlins and starring William Gargan and Irene Hervey. The film features Maria Montez in
Bombay_Clipper
Source code that alters its instructions to the hardware while executing
is modified during execution. Some batch programming techniques involve the use of self-modifying code. Clipper and SPITBOL also provide facilities for
Self-modifying_code
General purpose C++ library
developing computer network-centric, portable applications in the programming language C++, and can supplement the C++ Standard Library. The libraries cover
POCO_C++_Libraries
American contract logistics and warehousing company
announced the acquisition of the U.K.-based retail logistics company, Clipper Logistics. Clipper distributes goods for Marks & Spencer, Morrisons and Virgin Media
GXO_Logistics
Neighborhood of Juneau, Alaska
Airways "Alaska Clipper". The Alaska Clipper was a Sikorsky S-42B four-engine flying boat. The aircraft was originally named "Bermuda Clipper" and served
Auke_Bay,_Juneau
Cross-platform machine-code compiler
source-to-source compiler translates from one coding language to another in text code. Both are programming tools. The fundamental use of a cross compiler is
Cross_compiler
libraries List of numerical libraries List of open-source programming languages Lists of programming software development tools List of Ajax frameworks List
List of open-source code libraries
List_of_open-source_code_libraries
DBASE database file format family
Computer programming portal Clipper – Compiler for xBase File format – Structure of information stored on a computer FoxBASE – Programming language VP-Info –
.dbf
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
the Artemis Program's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. On October 14, 2024, Falcon Heavy transported NASA's Europa Clipper into space
Falcon_Heavy
1988 aircraft bombing over Scotland
New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid of the Seas was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish
Pan_Am_Flight_103
Topics referred to by the same term
permeation chromatography Generalized polynomial chaos General Polygon Clipper, a graphics library Giant papillary conjunctivitis, a disease of the eye
GPC
Cancelled NASA lander for Europa
it would be launched in 2027 to complement the studies by the Europa Clipper orbiter mission and perform analyses on site. The objectives of the mission
Europa_Lander
American computer security company
cryptosystem technology granted in 1983. In 1994, RSA was against the Clipper chip during the Crypto War. In 1995, RSA sent a handful of people across
RSA_Security
German television series
action being the three sailing cruise ships Star Flyer, Star Clipper and Royal Clipper, but also includes their escapades stopping ashore in the Caribbean
Unter_weißen_Segeln
Small, yacht-type cruise ship
Oceanic Odyssey. In 1999, she was bought by St Louis-based Clipper Cruise Line, and renamed Clipper Odyssey. She was then sold in 2007 to International Shipping
La_Belle_Des_Oceans
Automation technology for Windows
vbs WScript.Echo("Hello world") WScript.Quit() WSH programming can also use the JScript language. Content of a file hello1.js WScript.Echo("Hello world");
Windows_Script_Host
64 bit RISC architecture by Donald Knuth
intended to illustrate machine-level aspects of programming. In my books The Art of Computer Programming, it replaces MIX, the 1960s-style machine that
MMIX
about the Assassin-Templar conflict and recruits him into the Brotherhood. Clipper Wilkinson (1756 – unknown) (voiced by Joe Cobden) is a hunter and marksman
List of Assassin's Creed characters
List_of_Assassin's_Creed_characters
Infrared telescope mounted on a converted Boeing 747 SP (2010–2022)
invitation of Pan Am, Lindbergh's widow, Anne, christened the aircraft Clipper Lindbergh on May 20, 1977, the 50th anniversary of the beginning of her
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
Stratospheric_Observatory_for_Infrared_Astronomy
American actor (born 1954)
wherever he flew. Travolta named his 707 "Jett Clipper Ella", in honor of his children. The "Clipper" in the name refers to the use of that word by Pan
John_Travolta
SEELINE United Kingdom E9 CXS Boston-Maine Airways CLIPPER CONNECTION United States Pan Am Clipper Connection Pan Am III SN BEL Brussels Airlines BEE-LINE
List_of_airline_codes
Object-oriented framework for software development
C++ GUI Programming with Qt 4 (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-235416-5. Summerfield, Mark (23 August 2010). Advanced Qt Programming: Creating
Qt_(software)
Series of 32-bit super-minicomputers
which the microcodeable CPU was replaced with the much faster Fairchild Clipper RISC C-100 processor providing approximately 5.5 MIPS of integer performance
HLH_Orion
First generation of Golf compact car
tank. All Cabriolets from 1988 onward left the factory fitted with a "Clipper" body kit that featured smooth body-coloured bumpers, wheel-arch extensions
Volkswagen_Golf_Mk1
Ongoing US military anti-drug trafficking campaign since 2025
machine guns" along with a P8–A Poseidon operated by the Navy, and a C-40 Clipper, about which little is known. The report stated that "the deployment .
Operation_Southern_Spear
American television drama series, 2011–2012
features the aircraft pilots and stewardesses of the fictional Pan Am Clipper Majestic, operating in the early 1960s at the beginning of the commercial
Pan_Am_(TV_series)
Television station in Salt Lake City
Omega Communications, KTMW's original programming had included: Heart for the Lost with Andy Bird – a program that discusses Evangelism, Apologetics
KTMW
Sling used for swinging, sleeping or resting
hanging. The Amerindian origin of the word was often obscured in English-language sources from the late 18th century onward. Samuel Johnson claimed that
Hammock
Former senior high school in Adelaide, South Australia
authors list (link) "Letchford Children". Clipper ship: City of Adelaide. "George and Annie Wilcox". Clipper ship: City of Adelaide. "Eynesbury House"
Eynesbury_Senior_College
Fictional character in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series
film and its logo can be seen on props in the film, including the Pan Am Clipper's cockpit instrument panel and on the lower arm keypad on Poole's space
HAL_9000
Machine, NPR, 2005-05-03. "Christopher Layton Obituary". Davis County Clipper. 12 August 1898. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Autobiography of John W Hess Obituary
List of people with the most children
List_of_people_with_the_most_children
Series of automobiles manufactured by Nissan
673 Skyline sedans were recalled due to faulty direct adaptive steering program leading to steering wheel fail to return to neutral position, which can
Nissan_Skyline
Japanese software developer
CRI's proprietary ADX codec for audio playback. CRI Clipper is an automated lip-syncing program which analyzes waveforms and outputs an appropriate lip
CRI_Middleware
Mexican astronaut, electrical engineer and science YouTuber
university undergraduate career, then later as a test lead for the Europa Clipper Ground Support Equipment group. She has contributed to a total of five
Katya_Echazarreta
US-built pressurized airliner with four piston engines, 1938
The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner (or Strato-Clipper in Pan American service, or C-75 in USAAF service) is an American stressed-skin four-engine low-wing
Boeing_307_Stratoliner
Interstellar comet in 2025
sensor. From 30 October to 6 November 2025, it was predicted that Europa Clipper would potentially be immersed within the ion tail of 3I/ATLAS, providing
3I/ATLAS
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2024
October 7 launch of Hera occurred as planned, but the launch of the Europa Clipper spacecraft was delayed. SpaceX Crew-8's return was postponed to October 13
Hurricane_Milton
Sports car
Pearl" with only 141 units. In 1989, the Japanese Best Motoring television program conducted a test at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a production version
Nissan_Skyline_GT-R
Topics referred to by the same term
performs database operations, supported by languages such as Clipper Renault Driver Development, a program created by Renault F1 to support young racing
RDD
Microsoft operating system family
(September 28, 2016). One Dev Question with Raymond Chen – What Programming Language is Windows Written In?. Microsoft Learn. Microsoft. Archived from
Windows_NT
Istanbul. It survives the film, intact. In real life, this airframe was "Jet Clipper Endeavor," serial number 18337, registered as N762PA. The plane was scrapped
List_of_James_Bond_vehicles
American software company
database products that ran on a microcomputer, and its programming environment (the dBASE language) allowed it to be used to build a wide variety of custom
Ashton-Tate
Dutch-Flemish television series
The series is centred on an 8-month voyage around the world on board the clipper Stad Amsterdam, which follows the route of the five-year-long voyage of
Beagle:_In_Darwin's_wake
Soviet Mars rover launched in 1971
had an algorithm to overcome obstacles: when it approached one, it was programmed to reverse and "use the skids on alternate sides to walk around the obstacle"
PrOP-M
Native American people originally from Florida
Seminole. Indigenous peoples of the Americas portal Seminole (clipper), an 1865 clipper ship Florida State Seminoles, athletic teams of Florida State
Seminole
Retrieved December 6, 2016. Akinlaja, Damilare (2013). LÖVE2d for Lua Game Programming. Packt Publishing, Limited. ISBN 978-1782161608. "D in Games: Ethan Watson
List_of_game_engines
1968 photograph of Earth from lunar orbit
ones were taken robotically and in black-and-white by the Lunar Orbiter program robotic probes, taking in 1966 the first ever image of Earth above the
Earthrise
evacuation". This marks the first time in U.S. history, as well as in the ISS program, that a space mission has been cut short due to a medical issue, although
2026_in_spaceflight
Comparison of computer software designed for taking notes
featured sketching plugin in Obsidian". 29 April 2021. Newell, Bob. "A Web Clipper of Sorts for Org-Mode". Retrieved 26 February 2023. "Valentin Herrmann
Comparison of note-taking software
Comparison_of_note-taking_software
Historical Society "The Hount House 1641" Thursday August 29, 1968, Duxbury Clipper, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b16b2389772aeb3c1acfbc1/t/5c6
List of the oldest buildings in the United States
List_of_the_oldest_buildings_in_the_United_States
Combinational digital circuit
ALU operations. Generally, an ALU opcode is not the same as a machine language instruction, though in some cases it may be directly encoded as a bit field
Arithmetic_logic_unit
Hypothetical examples of a planet and a moon supporting extraterrestrial life
on Monday, May 30, 2005 and produced by Big Wave Productions Ltd. The program focuses on the hypothetical and scientifically feasible evolution of alien
Extraterrestrial_(TV_program)
Battery electric car
Retrieved 11 April 2026. "Welcome to the AutoTechinsight Car Cutaways program". Automotive Technology Insight. June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025. Tickell
Nissan_Leaf
Pickup truck line
specs". CarExpert. Retrieved 2 June 2026. "Nissan Navara's shock waste program revealed". CarExpert. 19 March 2026. Retrieved 20 March 2026. Anderson
Nissan_Navara
High school in Winnipeg, Manitoba
give out awards for achievement in athletics. The school mascot is the Clipper Ship. Students are colloquially known as 'Clippers'. The sports teams have
Kelvin_High_School
Chinese lunar communications satellite
satellites designed to support the fourth phase the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, after Queqiao-1 launched in 2018. The China National Space Administration
Queqiao-2
American basketball player (born 1991)
had not required any action on Leonard's part, other than remaining a Clipper. Torre cited anonymous former employees of the company to allege that Leonard's
Kawhi_Leonard
Program of the Manhattan Project to convert uranium ores into feed materials
Manhattan Project was also transported by air on the Pan American Airways clipper service. The Brazil–West Africa air link was extended to reach Leopoldville
Manhattan Project feed materials program
Manhattan_Project_feed_materials_program
2021. "Project Connect Program Sequence". Project Connect. CapMetro. Retrieved 19 January 2021. "Puget Sound Gateway Program". Washington State Department
List_of_megaprojects
Planetary geologist (1939–2011)
on NASA's Europa Clipper mission features a poem by the U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, waveforms of the word 'water' in 103 languages, the Drake equation
Ronald_Greeley
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : according to Reaney, an occupational name, the meaning of which has not been established.
Boy/Male
British, English
Traveler
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : occupational name for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of cereal crops, from an agent derivative of Middle English cropt(en) ‘to pick’. The word was used also to denote the polling of cattle and the name may therefore have been given to someone who did this.
Girl/Female
Indian
Dark lipped
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clapper ‘rough bridge’, applied as a topographic name or as a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word.English : nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English clappe ‘chatter’.Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Klapper ‘chatterer’.Americanized form of German Klopper, a metonymic occupational name relating to several trades, from Middle Low German klopper ‘clapper’, ‘bobbin’, ‘hammer’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Anglo-Norman French cropere ‘crupper’, the part of a horse’s saddlery that passes from the tail to the back of the saddle or collar, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cruppers and other harness.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German lappe ‘rag’, ‘cloth’, apparently denoting a cobbler.German : habitational name for someone from Lepp.English : nickname for a person with leprosy, Middle English lepre ‘leper’.
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German
Climber
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : unexplained.Perhaps also an Americanized spelling of Klima.
Boy/Male
English
Captain.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Copper red
Boy/Male
Native American
Slippery.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crispin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who made or sold baskets, or else carried wares about in a basket, from an agent derivative of Middle English (h)rip ‘basket’ (Old Norse hrip).German : variant of Ripp.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Norfolk)
English (chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for the master of a ship, Middle English skipper (from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper).English (chiefly Norfolk) : from an agent derivative of Middle English skip(en) ‘to jump or spring’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), hence an occupational name for an acrobat or professional tumbler, or nickname for a high-spirited person.English (chiefly Norfolk) : occupational name for a basket-maker, from an agent derivative of Middle English skipp(e), skepp(e) ‘basket’, ‘hamper’ (Old Norse skeppa).
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, Scandinavian
Ship Captain; Master; Ship-master
Girl/Female
Irish
Nickname andIrish name Tabar meaning a well.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an agent derivative of Middle English cappe ‘cap’, ‘headgear’, hence an occupational name for a maker of caps and hats.Dutch : variant of Capers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cooper, from Middle English copere, found from the 12th century alongside cupere.English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in copper, Old English coper (Latin (aes) Cyprium ‘Cyprian bronze’).Respelling of German Kopper.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably an occupational name for a maker of arrowheads, from an agent derivative of Middle English tippe ‘tip’, ‘head’. On the other hand it may possibly be a bawdy nickname from an agent derivative of Middle English t̄pe(n) ‘to knock over’ (of obscure origin; here with a sexually suggestive sense). The same name has been established in Ireland, in County Kildare, since the beginning of the 14th century.German : topographic name from a Westphalian field name, Tippe, of unexplained etymology.
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Krishna, Moon
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Goodness
Boy/Male
Greek
Calling forth.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Muslim, Turkish
Fasting
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil
One who Seeks the Right Direction
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sahasranjali | ஸாஹஸà¯à®°à®¾à®‚ஜலிÂ
Thousand namaskar
Boy/Male
Arabic
Shining Star
Boy/Male
Hindu
To try
Girl/Female
Australian, French, Greek, Swedish
Follower of Dionysius; Feminine of Dennis
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
CLIPPER PROGRAMMING-LANGUAGE
a.
Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.
a.
Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.
n.
The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
v. t.
To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
a.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
n.
A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper.
v. t.
To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
v. t.
To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
n.
A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch.
n.
See Flipper.
n.
A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
a.
Slippery.
a.
Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
a.
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
a.
Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
a.
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
n.
A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
n.
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.