a. rare. [See -ISH.] Somewhat coppery.
1667. Phil. Trans., II. 468. In other places … Copperish fluors are mixed with Leaden ones?
1697. Dampier, Voy. (1698), I. vii. 173. Pearl-Oysters … taste very copperish, if eaten raw.
1774. Mrs. Delany, Corr., Ser. II. II. 47. A little brassish, coperish, goldish thread-like stuff adhering to a bit of slate or coal.
1871. Daily Tel., 26 Aug.. 5/4. The once golden and silvery town … has a copperish look about its edges like a very old coin.
