Lop"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that
lopes. [U.S.]
2. (Rope Making) A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the
strands.
Loph"ine (?), n. [Gr. &?; a tuft or crest of feathers.] (Chem.) A
nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and
regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long
white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name.
||Lo*phi"o*mys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lofia` a mane, bristly ridge +
||my^s a mouse.] (Zoöl.) A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of
||Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special
||family (Lophiomyidæ), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It
||has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and
||arrangement.
||
Loph"o*branch (?), a. [Gr. lofia` crest or tuft + bra`gchion gill.]
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. -- n. One of the
Lophobranchii.
Loph`o*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Lophobranchii.
||Loph`o*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lo`fos a crest or tuft +
||bra`gchion gill.] (Zoöl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the
||gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus
||and pipefishes.
||
Loph"o*phore (?), n. [Gr. lo`fos a crest or tuft + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zoöl.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the
Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.
||Lo*phop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; a crest or tuft + -poda.]
||(Zoöl.) Same as Phylactolemata.
||
||Lo*phos"te*on (?), n.; pl. L. Lophostea (#), E. Lophosteons (#).
||[NL., from Gr. &?; a crest + &?; a bone.] (Anat.) The central
||keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
||
Lop"pard (?), n. [Lop + - ard.] A tree, the top of which has been
lopped off. [Eng.]
Lop"per (?), n. One who lops or cuts off.
Lop"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loppered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Loppering.]
[Cf. Prov. G. lübbern, levern, OHG. giliber&?;n, G. luppe, lab,
rennet.] To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
Lop"ping (?), n. A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off;
leavings.
The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood.
Burke.
Lop"py (?), a. Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.
Lop"seed` (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having
slender seedlike fruits.
Lop"sid`ed (?), a. [Lop + side. Cf. Lobsided.] 1. Leaning to one side
because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship. Marryat.