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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hop

Hŏp, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. HOPPED (hŏpt); p. pr. & vb. n. HOPPING.] [A-S. hoppan, Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, I. & M. Ger. hoppen, M. & N. H. Ger. hüpfen, D. huppen, huppelen.] 1. To move by successive leaps or sudden starts; to jump once or by successive hops, alighting on one foot; to skip, as birds do; to spring. The painted birds, companions of the spring, Hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.

  1. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.
  2. To dance. Chaucer.

Hŏp, n.

noun

n. [Icel. & Ger. hopp. See supra.]

  1. A leap on one leg; a leap; a jump; a spring.
  2. An informal dance; also, any dance. [Colloq.]

Hŏp, n.

noun

n. [D. hop, hoppe, O. H. Ger. hopfo, M. H. Ger. hopfe, N. H. Ger. hopfen, L. Lat. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez.]

  1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Humulus (H. lupulus), having a long, twining stalk. The female flowers, or catkins, constitute the hops of commerce. Their scales and the fruit secrete an aromatic resin called Lupuline. This is the active part of the plant, and is largely used in brewing and in medicine. The plant is very widely distributed, but it may have been originally a native of Europe.
  2. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
An illustrated hop plant with lobed leaves and hanging clusters of hop cones.
Hop (Humulus lupulus).

Hŏp, v. t.

verbtransitive

To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.

Hŏp, v. i.

verbintransitive

To gather hops.