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<h1>Gallop</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Galloped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Galloping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>galopen</ets>, F. <ets>galoper</ets>, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. <ets>ga-hlaupan</ets> to run, OHG. <ets>giloufen</ets>, AS. <ets>gehle\'a0pan</ets> to leap, dance, fr. root of E. <ets>leap</ets>, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. <ets>walop</ets> a gallop. See <er>Leap</er>, and cf. 1st <er>Wallop</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed.</def>

<blockquote>But <b>gallop</b> lively down the western hill. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To ride a horse at a gallop.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination.</def>

<blockquote>Such superficial ideas he may collect in <b>galloping</b> over it. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gallop</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to gallop.</def>

<h1>Gallop</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lop</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>galop</ets>. See <er>Gallop</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and cf. <er>Galop</er>.]</ety> <def>A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds.</def>

<cs><col>Hand gallop</col>, <cd>a slow or gentle gallop.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gallopade</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lo*pade`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>galopade</ets>. See <er>Gallop</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.</def>

<h1>Gallopade</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal`lo*pade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gallopaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gallopading</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To gallop, as on horseback.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To perform the dance called gallopade.</def>

<h1>Galloper</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lop*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, gallops.</def>

<p><b>2.<p><b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.</def>

<i>Farrow.</i>

<cs><col>Galloper gun</col>, <cd>a light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to British infantry regiments.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gallopin</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lo*pin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[F. <ets>galopin</ets>. See <er>Gallop</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Galloping</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lop*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; <as>as, a <ex>galloping</ex> horse</as>.</def>