crophide (krophid)

Same as crop, 12. crop-ore (krop'ōr), n. In mining, tin ore of the first quality, after it is dre ed or cleansed for smelting. Pryce. [Cornwall.] cropped (kropt), p. a. [Pp. of crop, v.] Cut off short, as the hair. Specifically-(a) In book bind ing, having the margins unnece arily cut down in binding. When cut into the print, the book is said to bleed. (b) In rope- making, stripped, as hemp, of its short fibers or tow by the smaller heckles, to render it suitable for use in fine work. Also spelled cropt. cropper1 (krop'er), n. [ IMG:content-1658.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The act of cutting off. It is not a cropping , a pilling, a retarding of the growth of the vine that is threatened, but a devouring, though but from little foxes. Donne, Sermons, x. 2. The raising or gathering of crops.-3. In geol., the rising of rock strata to the surface of the ground. See outcrop .