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Webster 1913 Edition
Lop
Lop
,Noun.
[AS.
loppe
.] A flea.
[Obs.]
Cleveland.
Lop
(lŏp)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lopped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lopping
.] [Prov. G.
luppen
, lubben
, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen
, D. lubben
.] 1.
To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts;
“With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled.” as, to
. lop
a tree or its branchesMilton.
Expunge the whole, or
lop
the excrescent parts. Pope.
2.
To cut partly off and bend down;
as, to
. lop
bushes in a hedgeLop
,Noun.
That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.
Shak. Mortimer.
Lop
,Verb.
I.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
Lop
,Verb.
T.
To let hang down;
as, to
. lop
the headLop
,Adj.
Hanging down;
as,
; – used also in compound adjectives; lop
earsas,
lop
eared; lop
sided.Webster 1828 Edition
Lop
LOP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To cut off, as the top or extreme part of any thing; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; as, to lop a tree or its branches.With branches lopp'd in wood, or mountain fell'd.
2.
To cut off, as exuberances; to separate, as superfluous parts.Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts.
3.
to cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop the trees or saplings of a hedge.4.
To let fall; to flap; as, a horse lops his ears.LOP
,Noun.
Else both body and lop will be of little value.
LOP
,Noun.