Lop \Lop\, a.
Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound
adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
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.
``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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |