Lop

v. t. [imp. & p. p. LOPPED (lŏpt); p. pr. & vb. n. LOPPING.] [Prov. Ger. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, D. lubben, id., allied to Gr. λωβᾶν, to mutilate.]

1Sense 1. To cut off, as the top or extreme part of any thing; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to separate, 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.

2Sense 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop the trees or saplings of a hedge.

3Sense 3. To let fall; to allow to hang pendulous; as, a horse lops his ears.

v. i. To fall or hang downward; to be pendent or pendulous.

n. 1. That which is cut off, as from trees. *Why, we take From every tree lop, bark, and part o' the timber. Shak.* 2. That which lops or falls over. Holland.

n. [A-S. lŏppe.] A flea. “Nickname to the stuff called lops and lice.” Cleveland.