choppin

See chopin. chopping1t (chopʻing), p. a. [Ppr. of chop1, v. The sense 'stout, plump,' arises from the old sense 'strike.' Cf. a similar use of bouncing.] Stout; lusty; plump; bouncing. [Colloq.] How say you now, go ip, Is 't not a chopping girl? Middle ton, Chaste Maid, iii. 5. Fenton. The fair and chopping child. chopping? (chop'ing), p. a. [Ppr. of chop1, v. (see chopping1 ), in reference to the up and down movement, but also a ociated with chop2, change, vary.] Running in short, irregular, broken, and interrupted waves, such as those caused by the wind blowing in a direction opposite to that of a strong current, or by the combination of different systems of waves: as, Also choppy. a chopping sea. [Memorials of London, p. 347. 3. A measure of liquids used in France before the establishment of the metric system, and varying in value according to locality, that of Paris being equal to 0.4656 liter, or rather more than four fifths of an imperial pint. The is now given to the dem i-liter, which is a little more than the old measure. Sextarie is as a chopyn of Paris. Wyclif , 3 Ki. vii. 26 (glo .). 4. A ve el, usually a canette or jug of stoneware, holding about a chopin. chopine (chop'in or cho-pen'), n. [Formerly also written chioppine, choppin, choppine, chop chapim, a clog, chopine (cf. OF. eschapin, esca ping, and (as Sp.) chap in; IMG:content-0349.jpg:[blocks in formation] pin, pl. escarp ins, pumps), = It. scappino, a sock: cf. scarpino, pump, light shoe.] A very high clog or patten, of Oriental origin, in some cases resembling a short stilt, formerly worn by women under their shoes to elevate them from the ground. Evelyn calls them "wooden scaffolds." Coryat (1611) some he had seen at Venice were half a yard high (the women graduating their height in accordance with their rank), so that the wearers required support to pre Turkey into Venice, and thence into England, and were vent them from falling. They were first imported from covered with leather of various colors, some being curiously painted, and some gilt. The name came to be applied to the shoe or slipper and clog combined. Your ladyship is nearer heaven than when I saw you last by the altitude of a chopine . Shak ., Hamlet, ii. 2. The noblemen stalking with their ladys on choppines ; these are high-heel'd shoes particularly affected by these proude dames, or, as some say, invented to keepe them at home, it being very difficult to walke with them. IMG:content-0350.png:[blocks in formation] chopne (chop'nes), n. prob. repr. D. schop , a shovel ( schoppen , spades in cards), = LG. schuppe , > G. schuppe , a shov- el, schüppen , spades in cards; ds; related to shove, shovel , etc.: see chopin , shove , shovel .] A kind of shovel or spade. Simmonds . chop-nut (chop'nut), n. The Calabar or ordeal bean, the seed of a leguminous twiner, Physo- stigma venenosum, of Guinea. See Calabar bean , IMG:content-0351.png:[blocks in formation] been And let no man lose heart, and abandon a good scheme, because he meets chopping seas and cro winds at the outset. Guthrie.