(n) two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal, Syn.genus Lophophora
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 shorten 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Loped p. pr. & vb. n. Loping. ] [ See Leap. ] 1. To leap; to dance. [ Prov. Eng. ] “He that lopes on the ropes.” Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people. [ PJC ]
n. 1. A leap; a long step. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle. T. B. Thorpe. [ 1913 Webster ]
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