cupar

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_cupar_, or _cuper_, by the easie mutation of letters; Aben Ezra names it a light wood apt to swim; so does David Kimchi; which rather seems to agree with fir or pine, and such as the Greeks call ξύλα τετράγωνα quadrangular trees, about which criticks have made a deal of stir: But

Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663