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Webster 1913 Edition

Mop

Mop

,
Noun.
[See
Mope
.]
A made-up face; a grimace.
“What mops and mowes it makes!”
Beau. & Fl.

Mop

,
Verb.
I.
To make a wry mouth.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Mop

,
Noun.
[CF. W.
mop
,
mopa
, Ir.
moipal
, Gael.
moibeal
,
moibean
; or OF.
mappe
a napkin (see
Map
,
Napkin
).]
1.
An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
2.
A fair where servants are hired.
[Prov. Eng.]
3.
The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Mop head
.
(a)
The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened
.
(b)
A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.
[U.S.]

Mop

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Mopped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Mopping
.]
To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop;
as, to
mop
a floor; to
mop
one’s face with a handkerchief.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mop

MOP

,
Noun.
[L. mappa.] A piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums or coarse yarn fastened to a handle and used for cleaning floors.
1.
A wry mouth. [Not used.]

MOP

,
Verb.
T.
To rub or wipe with a mop.

MOP

,
Verb.
I.
To make a wry mouth. [Not used.]

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