Hoove
(Hoove) n. [Allied to heave, hove.] A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach
by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating.
Hooven
(Hoov"en Ho"ven) a. Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.
Hop
(Hop) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping ] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance,
AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hüpfen.]
1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
[Birds] hopping from spray to spray.
Dryden. 2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.
3. To dance. Smollett.
Hop
(Hop), n.
1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
Hop,
skip (or
step),
and jump,
a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much
ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. Addison.
Hop
(Hop), n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez,
Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit
2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Hop back.
(Brewing) See under 1st Back. — Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having
heads like hops in miniature — Hop flea (Zoöl.), a small flea beetle very injurious to hops. — Hop
fly (Zoöl.), an aphid very injurious to hop vines. — Hop froth fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect allied
to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. — Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American
tree of the genus Ostrya (O. Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species — Hop moth
(Zoöl.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. — Hop picker,
one who picks hops. — Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines. — Hop tree (Bot.), a small
American tree having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. —
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
Hop
(Hop), v. t. To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.
Hop
(Hop), v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
Hopbine
(Hop"bine` Hop"bind`) n. The climbing stem of the hop. Blackstone.
Hope
(Hope) n. [Cf. Icel. hop a small bay or inlet.]
1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [Obs.]
2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] Jamieson.