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<hw>Hoove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Allied to <ets>heave</ets>, <ets>hove</ets>.]</ety> <def>A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.</def>
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<hw><hw>Hoov"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ho"ven</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with hoove; <as>as, <ex>hooven</ex>, or <ex>hoven</ex>, cattle</as>.</def>
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<hw>Hop</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hopped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hopping</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hoppen</ets> to hop, leap, dance, AS. <ets>hoppian</ets>; akin to Icel. & Sw. <ets>hoppa</ets>, Dan. <ets>hoppe</ets>, D. <ets>huppelen</ets>, G. <ets>h\'81pfen</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.</def>
<blockquote>[Birds] <b>hopping</b> from spray to spray. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To walk lame; to limp; to halt.</def>
<i>Dryden.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To dance.</def>
<i>Smollett.</i>
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<hw>Hop</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>
<cs><mcol><col>Hop</col>, <col>skip</col> (∨ <col>step</col>), <col>and jump</col></mcol>, <cd>a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.</cd></cs> <-- just a hop, skip, and a jump away = nearby -->
<i>Addison.</i>
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<hw>Hop</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hoppe</ets>; akin to D. <ets>hop</ets>, <ets>hoppe</ets>, OHG. <ets>hopfo</ets>, G. <ets>hopfen</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>hupa</ets>, W. <ets>hopez</ets>, Armor. <ets>houpez</ets>, and Icel. <ets>humall</ets>, SW. & Dan. <ets>humle</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A climbing plant (<spn>Humulus Lupulus</spn>), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>The fruit of the dog-rose. See <er>Hip</er>.</def>
<cs><col>Hop back</col>. <fld>(Brewing)</fld> <cd>See under 1st <er>Back</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hop clover</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (<spn>Trifolium agrarium</spn>, and <spn>T. procumbens</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Hop flea</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small flea beetle (<spn>Haltica concinna</spn>), very injurious to hops.</cd> -- <col>Hop fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an aphid (<spn>Phorodon humuli</spn>), very injurious to hop vines.</cd> -- <col>Hop froth fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an hemipterous insect (<spn>Aphrophora interrupta</spn>), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.</cd> -- <col>Hop hornbeam</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>an American tree of the genus <spn>Ostrya</spn> (<spn>O.Virginica</spn>) the American ironwood; also, a European species (<spn>O. vulgaris</spn>).</cd> -- <col>Hop moth</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a moth (<spn>Hypena humuli</spn>), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.</cd> -- <col>Hop picker</col>, <cd>one who picks hops.</cd> -- <col>Hop pole</col>, <cd>a pole used to support hop vines.</cd> -- <col>Hop tree</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a small American tree (<spn>Ptelia trifoliata</spn>), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.</cd> -- <col>Hop vine</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.</cd></cs>
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<hw>Hop</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impregnate with hops.</def>
<i>Mortimer.</i>
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<hw>Hop</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To gather hops. <usage>[Perhaps only in the form <er>Hopping</er>, <tt>vb. n.</tt>]</usage></def>
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<hw><hw>Hop"bine`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hop"bind`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The climbing stem of the hop.</def>
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