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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Lop \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 sho[?] -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. [bd]With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled.[b8] --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. | |
