Part 5384

<h1>Hopple</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hoppled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hoppling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Hop</er>; cf. <er>Hobble</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; <as>as, to <ex>hopple</ex> an unruly or straying horse</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Hopple</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"ple</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.</def>

<h1>Hopplebush</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"ple*bush`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hobblebush</er>.</def>

<h1>Hoppo</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"po</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation.</def> <mark>[China]</mark>

<cs><col>Hoppo men</col>, <cd>Chinese customhouse officers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Hopscotch</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"scotch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also <altname>hoppers</altname>.</def>

<h1>Hop-thumb</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"-thumb`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Hop-o'-my-thumb</er>.</def>

<h1>Hopyard</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Hop"yard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A field where hops are raised.</def>

<h1>Horal</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Ho"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>horalis</ets>, fr. <ets>hora</ets> hour. See <er>Hour</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours.</def>

<i>Prior.</i>

<h1>Horaly</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Ho"ra*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Hourly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Horary</h1> <Xpage=705>

<hw>Ho"ra*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>horarius</ets>, fr. L. <ets>hora</ets> hour: cf. F. <ets>horaire</ets>. See <er>Hour</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours.</def>

<i>Spectator.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.</def>

<blockquote><b>Horary</b>, or soon decaying, fruits of summer. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Horary circles</col>. <cd>See <er>Circles</er>.</cd></cs>