dope (dop)

[ " Dope ," a preparation of pitch, tallow, and other ingredients, which, being applied to the bottom of the shoes, enables the wearer to lightly glide over snow softened by the rays of the sun. Sci . Amer . Supp ., XXII. 9033. 3. Any absorbent material, as cotton-waste or sand, used to absorb and hold a lubricant or other liquid. Thus, cotton-waste is used as dope on railroads around the axles of the wheels to hold the oil used for lubrication; and in the manufacture of dynamite sand is used to hold the nitroglycerin. dopert, n. Same as dopper, 2. doppert (dop'er), 'ér), n. [ME. dopper, spelled doppar, a water-fowl, didapper (see dive dapper, dive dopper, didapper, ME. dydoppar, etc., orig. dive + dopper ), Doppar or dydoppar, watyr byrde, mergulus. IMG:content-3043.png:[blocks in formation]