Part 6648

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<hw>Lop</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.</def>

<i>Shak. Mortimer.</i>

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<hw>Lop</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.</def>

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<hw>Lop</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To let hang down; <as>as, to <ex>lop</ex> the head</as>.</def>

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<hw>Lop</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hanging down; <as>as, <ex>lop</ex> ears</as>; -- used also in compound adjectives; <as>as, <ex>lop</ex>eared; <ex>lop</ex>sided.</as></def>

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<hw>Lope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Leap</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And, laughing, <b>lope</b> into a tree. <b>Spenser</b>.

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<hw>Lope</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Loped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Loping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Leap</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To leap; to dance.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark> "He that <i>lopes</i> on the ropes."

<i>Middleton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To move with a lope, as a horse.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

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<hw>Lope</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A leap; a long step.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<blockquote>The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal <b>lope</b>, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a crade. <i>T. B. Thorpe.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Lop"eared`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having ears which lop or hang down.</def>

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<hw>Lope"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Leaper; ropedancer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Lop"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.</def>

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