Webster's Dictionary 1913

3025

Lop (4)

Lop, v. i. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

3026

Lop (5)

Lop, v. t. To let hang down; as, to lop the head.

3027

Lop (6)

Lop, a. Hanging down; as, lop ears; — used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.

3028

Lope

Lope (?), imp. of Leap.And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.

3029

Lope (2)

Lope, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Loped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Loping.] [See Leap.] 1. To leap; to dance. “He that lopes on the ropes.” Middleton.2. To move with a lope, as a horse.

3030

Lope (3)

Lope, n. 1. A leap; a long step.2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope,... a mixture of two or thr...

3031

Lopeared

Lop″eared′ (?), a. Having ears which lop or hang down.

3032

Lopeman

Lope″man (?), n. Leaper; ropedancer.

3033

Loper

Lop″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.2. (Rope Making) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.

3034

Lophine

Loph″ine (?), n.(Chem.) A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalli...

3035

Lophiomys

‖Lo‐phi″o‐mys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. λοφιά a mane, bristly ridge + μυ̑σ a mouse.] (Zoöl.) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known ...

3036

Lophobranch

Loph″o‐branch (?), a. [Gr. λοφιά crest or tuft + βράγχιον gill.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. — n. One of the Lophobranchii.

3037

Lophobranchiate

Loph′o‐bran″chi‐ate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.

3038

Lophobranchii

‖Loph′o‐bran″chi‐i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. λόφοσ a crest or tuft + βράγχιον gill.] (Zoöl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial a...

3039

Lophophore

Loph″o‐phore (?), n. [Gr. λόφοσ a crest or tuft + φέρειν to bear.] (Zoöl.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.

3040

Lophopoda

‖Lo‐phop″o‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. � a crest or tuft + -poda.] (Zoöl.) Same as Phylactolemata.

3041

Lophosteon

‖Lo‐phos″te‐on (?), n.; pl. L. Lophostea (#), E. Lophosteons (#). (Anat.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

3042

Loppard

Lop″pard (?), n. [Lop + -ard.] A tree, the top of which has been lopped off.

3043

Lopper

Lop″per (?), n. One who lops or cuts off.

3044

Lopper (2)

Lop″per, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Loppered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Loppering.] [Cf. Prov. G. lübbern, levern, OHG. giliber�n, G. luppe, lab, rennet.] To turn sour and coagulate from too l...

3045

Lopping

Lop″ping (?), n. A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. Burke.

3046

Loppy

Lop″py (?), a. Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.

3047

Lopseed

Lop″seed′ (?), n.(Bot.) A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike fruits.

3048

Lopsided

Lop″sid′ed (?), a. [Lop + side. Cf. Lobsided.] 1. Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship. Marryat.2. Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full ...

3049

Loquacious

Lo‐qua″cious (?), a. [L. loquax, -acis, talkative, fr. loqui to speak; cf. Gr. � to rattle, shriek, shout.] 1. Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.Loquacious, brawl...

3050

Loquaciously

Lo‐qua″cious‐ly, adv. In a loquacious manner.

3051

Loquaciousness

Lo‐qua″cious‐ness, n. Loquacity.