-- Hope"less*ly, adv. -- Hope"less*ness, n.
Hop"er (?), n. One who hopes. Swift.
Hop"ing*ly, adv. In a hopeful manner. Hammond.
Hop"lite (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; tool, weapon: cf. F. hoplite.] (Gr.
Antiq.) A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.
{ Hop"-o'-my-thumb" (?), Hop"-thumb" }, n. A very diminutive person.
[Colloq.] liwell.
Hopped (?), p. a. Impregnated with hops.
Hop"per (?), n. [See 1st Hop.] 1. One who, or that which, hops.
2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening
at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a
machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes
into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel
passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.