Lope (?), imp. of Leap. [Obs.]

And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.

Lope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] [See

Leap.] 1. To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes."

Middleton.