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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Coop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
    The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.   --Dryden.
    The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.   --Locke.
 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] “Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.”
 Syn: -- To crowd; confine; imprison.
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