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lope


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lope  \Lope\,  imp. 
  of  {Leap}.  [Obs.] 
 
  And  laughing,  lope  into  a  tree.  Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lope  \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. 
 
  2.  To  move  with  a  lope,  as  a  horse.  [U.S.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lope  \Lope\,  n. 
  1.  A  leap;  a  long  step.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  2.  An  easy  gait,  consisting  of  long  running  strides  or  leaps. 
  [U.S.] 
 
  The  mustang  goes  rollicking  ahead,  with  the  eternal 
  lope,  .  .  .  a  mixture  of  two  or  three  gaits,  as  easy 
  as  the  motions  of  a  crade.  --T.  B. 
  Thorpe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lope 
  n  1:  a  slow  pace  of  running  [syn:  {jog},  {trot}] 
  2:  an  smooth  3-beat  gait;  between  a  trot  and  a  gallop  [syn:  {canter}] 
  v  :  run  easily 




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