Hopperings (Hop"per*ings) n. (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle.
Hoppestere (Hop`pes*tere") a. An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some
it is defined as "dancing (on the wave)"; by others as "opposing," "warlike." T. R. Lounsbury.
Hoppet (Hop"pet) n.
1. A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for measuring ore. [Prov. Eng.]
2. An infant in arms. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Hopping (Hop"ping) n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
Hopping Dick (Zoöl.), a thrush of Jamaica resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners,
agreeable song, and dark plumage.
Hopping (Hop"ping), n. [See 3rd Hop.] A gathering of hops.
Hopple (Hop"ple) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling ] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.]
1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as,
to hopple an unruly or straying horse.
2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.
Hopple (Hop"ple), n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; chiefly used in the plural.
Hopplebush (Hop"ple*bush`) n. Same as Hobblebush.
Hoppo (Hop"po) n. (a) A collector of customs, as at Canton; an overseer of commerce. (b) A tribunal
or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation. [China]
Hoppo men, Chinese customhouse officers.
Hopscotch (Hop"scotch`) n. A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from
one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; called also hoppers.
Hop-thumb (Hop"-thumb`) n. See Hop-o'- my-thumb.
Hopyard (Hop"yard`) n. A field where hops are raised.
Horal (Ho"ral) a. [L. horalis, fr. hora hour. See Hour.] Of or pertaining to an hour, or to hours. Prior.
Horaly (Ho"ra*ly) adv. Hourly. [Obs.]
Horary (Ho"ra*ry) a. [LL. horarius, fr. L. hora hour: cf. F. horaire. See Hour.]
1. Of or pertaining to an hour; noting the hours. Spectator.
2. Occurring once an hour; continuing an hour; hourly; ephemeral.
Horary, or soon decaying, fruits of summer. Sir T. Browne. Horary circles. See Circles.
Horatian (Ho*ra"tian) a. Of or pertaining to Horace, the Latin poet, or resembling his style.
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