单词 | lopping |
释义 | loppingn.1 1. The action of lop v.1This was the cant term used by the Rye House conspirators for the killing of the King and the Duke of York: see Tryals of Walcot, Hone, etc. for High-treason (1683) 12. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping shreddingc1000 putation?1440 snathing1485 loppingc1511 brushing1513 topping1513 twisting1535 pruning1548 heading1552 browsing1574 lop1575 disbranching1600 debranching1601 stocking1611 stowing1618 polling1626 supputation1656 summer pruning1669 snedding1720 shrouding1725 pollarding1794 thinning1800 brashing1950 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > cutting up or dismemberment lopping1641 blood-eagle1835 c1511 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 63 For ffellynge of an Elme & for the loppynge therof byfore vjd. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 63 A punishment..for the lopping, and stigmatizing of so many free borne Christians. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 543 Walcot..liked the project of a rising, but declared he would not meddle in their lopping. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 479 No lopping-off of territory could be made without a lopping-off of citizens. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xii. i. 249 The trees were dwarfed in height by repeated loppings. 2. (Chiefly plural) Branches and shoots lopped from a tree. Also, material for lopping. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > pruning or lopping > prunings or loppings shreddingc950 trouse978 stickc1175 rammelc1250 spray1297 brush1330 shriding1340 shridels1399 lopc1420 shraggingc1440 shroud1475 tops1485 polling1557 brutting1577 lopping1589 pruning1658 toppings1668 scorel1671 loppage1683 lop-wood1693 shrouding1725 cropping1768 1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 884 The loppings of trees, concædes. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. x. 49 He shall gather vp the loppings to make fewell of. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 956 Filling them with earth and small loppings of Trees. 1766 Museum Rusticum 80 It is also the best kind to plant..by the sides of rills, etc. where they will produce larger lopping. 1818 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 19 49 The loppings and leaves of the elm..dried in the sun, prove a great relief to cattle when fodder is dear. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1659 J. Howell Particular Vocab. in Lex. Tetraglotton (1660) A lopping hook, vn falcinello. 1787 Minor 160 The idea of foreign surgeons using their lopping knives. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lopping-shears, a pair of heavy shears for trimming bushes, hedges, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021). loppingn.2 Of the ears: The condition of hanging loosely. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > lop-ears > hanging loosely lopping1868 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 116 Even the elongation and lopping of the ears have influenced in a small degree the form of the whole skull. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 118 In breeding lop-eared rabbits the length of the ears, and their consequent lopping and lying flat on the face, are the chief points of excellence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). † loppingn.3 Obsolete. rare. The process of barking or tanning leather. ΚΠ 1773 Encycl. Brit. III. 886/2 Of Lopping, or what is more properly called Tanning. This part of the operation is designed to preserve the fibres from corruption. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2019). loppingadj.1 That lops or cuts away. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped doddedc1440 lopped1570 stubbed1575 polled1587 pollard1638 putatory1656 sneddedc1700 topped1712 pollarded?1790 lopping1795 spurring-in1829 summer-pruned1830 trunkless1897 1795 Sewel's Hist. Quakers (ed. 3) I. ii. 112 By the lopping axe, the sturdy oak Improves her shade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). loppingadj.2 1. Of the ears: That lop or hang down. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > having lop-ears > that lop vailed1591 lopping1685 1685 London Gaz. No. 2099/4 A gray Horse with a large Head and lopping Ears. 1770 G. White Let. Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 79 The ears [of the moose] were vast and lopping. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 20. 158 The Land of Secrets, where dwell a people with long lopping ears and little gimlet eyes. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. iv. 119 The left zygomatic arch on the side of the lopping ear. 2. Of an angler's fly. ΚΠ 1885 W. H. Russell in Harper's Mag. Apr. 769/1 With limber rod and far-reaching lopping fly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018). loppingadj.3 Of the sea: Rising and falling in short waves. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > choppy chapping1622 chopping1623 cockling1625 popping1661 short1663 coppling1667 lumpy1857 choppy1867 snappish1867 chopped1880 loppy1883 lopping1887 popply1889 sloppy1970 1887 Spectator 29 Oct. 1453 Lying-to in a lopping sea. 1890 W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy & Other Tales 305 I rose and fell in the sulky lopping sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1c1511n.21868n.31773adj.11795adj.21685adj.31887 |
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