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Webster 1913 Edition


Hop

Hop

(hŏp)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hopped
(hŏpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hopping
(hŏp′pĭng)
.]
[OE.
hoppen
to hop, leap, dance, AS.
hoppian
; akin to Icel. & Sw.
hoppa
, Dan.
hoppe
, D.
huppelen
, G.
hüpfen
.]
1.
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
[Birds]
hopping
from spray to spray.
Dryden.
2.
To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
Dryden.
3.
To dance.
Smollett.

Hop

,
Noun.
1.
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
2.
A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
[Colloq.]

Hop

,
Noun.
[OE.
hoppe
; akin to D.
hop
,
hoppe
, OHG.
hopfo
, G.
hopfen
; cf. LL.
hupa
, W.
hopez
, Armor.
houpez
, and Icel.
humall
, SW. & Dan.
humle
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A climbing plant (
Humulus Lupulus
), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
2.
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
3.
The fruit of the dog-rose. See
Hip
.
Hop back
.
(Brewing)
See under 1st
Back
.
Hop clover
(Bot.)
,
a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (
Trifolium agrarium
, and
Trifolium procumbens
).
Hop flea
(Zool.)
,
a small flea beetle (
Haltica concinna
), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly
(Zool.)
,
an aphid (
Phorodon humuli
), very injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly
(Zool.)
,
an hemipterous insect (
Aphrophora interrupta
), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam
(Bot.)
,
an American tree of the genus
Ostrya
(
Ostrya Virginica
) the American ironwood; also, a European species (
Ostrya vulgaris
).
Hop moth
(Zool.)
,
a moth (
Hypena humuli
), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker
,
one who picks hops.
Hop pole
,
a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree
(Bot.)
,
a small American tree (
Ptelia trifoliata
), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine
(Bot.)
,
the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

Hop

,
Verb.
T.
To impregnate with hops.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hop

HOP

,
Noun.
The fruit of the dog-rose, or wild brier.