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Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble bush.]

(Bot.) The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (Rosa canina). [Written also hop, hep.]

Hip tree (Bot.), the dog-rose.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Hop \Hop\, v. t. To impregnate with hops. --Mortimer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Hop \Hop\, v. i. To gather hops.

Usage: [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]

1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.

3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.

Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.

Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens).

Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops.

Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines.

Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.

Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O. Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris).

Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.

Hop picker, one who picks hops.

Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.

Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.

Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Hop \Hop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping.]

[OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h["u]pfen.]

1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

[Birds] hopping from spray to spray. --Dryden.

2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. --Dryden.

3. To dance. --Smollett.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Hop \Hop\, n.

1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]

Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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