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(), n.[AS. loppe.] A flea.[Obs.] Cleveland. Lop (), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Lopped (); p. pr. & vb. n.Lopping ().] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben,to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.] 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shoorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. "With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." Milton. Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. Pope. 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. Lop n.That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree. Shak. Mortimer. Lop v. i.To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. Lop v. t.To let hang down; as, to lop the head. Lop a.Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided. スポンサード リンク
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