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strop


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strop  \Strop\,  n.  [See  {Strap}.] 
  A  strap;  specifically,  same  as  {Strap},  3. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strop  \Strop\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stropped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Stropping}.] 
  To  draw  over  or  rub  upon  a  strop  with  a  view  to  sharpen; 
  as  to  strop  a  razor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strop  \Strop\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  estrope,  ['e]trope,  fr  L.  struppus 
  See  {Strop}  a  strap.]  (Naut.) 
  A  piece  of  rope  spliced  into  a  circular  wreath,  and  put  round 
  a  block  for  hanging  it 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  strop 
  n  :  a  leather  strap  used  to  sharpen  razors 
  v  :  sharpen  on  a  strop,  as  of  razors 




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