Lop \Lop\ (l[o^]p), 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.
Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. --Pope.
2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.
Lop \Lop\, n. That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree. --Shak. Mortimer.
Lop \Lop\, v. i. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
Lop \Lop\, v. t. To let hang down; as, to lop the head.
Lop \Lop\, a. Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.
Lop \Lop\, n. [AS. loppe.] A flea. [Obs.] --Cleveland.
The divestiture also would enable Hospital Corp. to lop two layers of operating management, according to Victor L. Campbell, vice president, investor relations.
If British Coal is being forced to lop off an arm and a limb to stay alive, why are we handing wind power a crutch? PUTTING VALUES on the environment tends to be controversial.
Globe International Publishing Inc. executives had expected to sign the deal but were surprised at the closing when Mr. Maxwell demanded they lop off another 10% from the price.
A court has ordered a town house owner in one of Boston's most elegant neighborhoods to lop off a fifth-story addition under construction that officials fear will disturb the atmosphere of posh Beacon Hill.
That could lop off 35% of so (depending on one's combined tax rate) right off the top.
The tunnel is expected to lop 12 hours off the train-and-barge journey from Toronto to Chicago. CP has taken a slightly different approach.