3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Mop head. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are
fastened. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]
Mop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping.] To rub
or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's
face with a handkerchief.
Mop"board` (?), n. (Carp.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a
room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.
Mope (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Moped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Moping.] [Cf.
D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk.] To be dull and spiritless.
"Moping melancholy." Milton.
A sickly part of one true sense Could not so mope.
Shak.