5. (Zoˆl.) (a) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf
hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree. (b) The larva
of a cheese fly.
6. (Naut.) A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so
constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; --
called also dumping scow.
Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace,
through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained.
-- Hopper boy, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for
drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it
falls. -- Hopper closet, a water- closet, without a movable pan, in
which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. -- Hopper
cock, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet.
Hop"per*ings (?), n. (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a
cradle.
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.
Hop"pet (?), n. 1. A hand basket; also, a dish used by miners for
measuring ore. [Prov. Eng.]