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COOPERAGE (from " cooper," a maker of casks, derived from such forms as Mid. Dutch caper, Ger. Kufer, Lat. cuparius; the same root is seen in various Teut. words for a basket, such as Dutch kuip and Eng. " kipe " and " coop, " but cooper is apparently not