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Definition of Lopped
1. lop [v] - See also: lop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lopped
Literary usage of Lopped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett, David Jardine (1816)
"He is very posi- re to the 8th of January being the day on bich the trees were
lopped, because his child as christened, and he set his chimney on fire iiti ..."
2. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"The bark is tough and very strong ; cordage, sandals, and slow-matches are made
of it. The leaves arc lopped extensively for cattle-fodder. 3. ..."
3. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, John Dryden, John Carey, Knightly Chetwood (1803)
"... who, going"to 'See'"* skirmish, had his arms lopped off, and returned, says
sir Philip Sidney, well instructed how to draw a battle, ..."
4. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"... spreading lopped-off branches of the shrub itself, bearing ripe seeds, on the
sand. Lespedeza striata, Hooker and ..."
5. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"Pol'-i-ty, я. civil constitution. Poll, n. the head, election. Poll, vt to lop
the tops of trees, cut off hair, register names. Pol'-lard, я. a tree lopped. ..."
6. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"Somewhat resembles the Riccia fluitans, but the segments are pointed, not lopped
at the end. EXD OF THE THIRD VOLUME. ..."
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