Part 779

The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle.

T. B. Thorpe.

Lop"eared` (?), a. Having ears which lop or hang down.

Lope"man (?), n. Leaper; ropedancer. [Obs.]

Lop"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes. [U.S.]

2. (Rope Making) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

Loph"ine (?), n. [Gr. &?; a tuft or crest of feathers.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name.

||Lo*phi"o*mys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lofia` a mane, bristly ridge + ||my^s a mouse.] (Zoöl.) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of ||Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special ||family (Lophiomyidæ), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It ||has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and ||arrangement. || Loph"o*branch (?), a. [Gr. lofia` crest or tuft + bra`gchion gill.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. -- n. One of the Lophobranchii.

Loph`o*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.

||Loph`o*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lo`fos a crest or tuft + ||bra`gchion gill.] (Zoöl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the ||gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus ||and pipefishes. || Loph"o*phore (?), n. [Gr. lo`fos a crest or tuft + fe`rein to bear.] (Zoöl.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.

||Lo*phop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; a crest or tuft + -poda.] ||(Zoöl.) Same as Phylactolemata. || ||Lo*phos"te*on (?), n.; pl. L. Lophostea (#), E. Lophosteons (#). ||[NL., from Gr. &?; a crest + &?; a bone.] (Anat.) The central ||keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds. || Lop"pard (?), n. [Lop + - ard.] A tree, the top of which has been lopped off. [Eng.]

Lop"per (?), n. One who lops or cuts off.

Lop"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loppered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loppering.] [Cf. Prov. G. lübbern, levern, OHG. giliber&?;n, G. luppe, lab, rennet.] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.

Lop"ping (?), n. A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.

The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood.

Burke.

Lop"py (?), a. Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.

Lop"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike fruits.

Lop"sid`ed (?), a. [Lop + side. Cf. Lobsided.] 1. Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship. Marryat.

2. Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies. J. S. Mill.

Lo*qua"cious (?), a. [L. loquax, -acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. &?; to rattle, shriek, shout.] 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.

Loquacious, brawling, ever in the wrong.

Dryden.

2. Speaking; expressive. [R.] J. Philips.

3. Apt to blab and disclose secrets.

Syn. -- Garrulous; talkative. See Garrulous.

Lo*qua"cious*ly, adv. In a loquacious manner.

Lo*qua"cious*ness, n. Loquacity.