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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.