Crop

krop, n. all the produce of a field of grain: anything gathered or cropped: an entire ox-hide: the craw of a bird: ( arch it. ) a finial: a whip-handle: the cutting the hair short.— v.t. to cut off the top or ends: to cut short or close: to mow, reap, or gather.— v.i. to yield:— pr.p. crop′ping; pa.p. cropped.— n. Crop′-ear , one having cropped or cut ears.— adj. Crop′ful ( Milt. ), satiated.— ns. Crop′per , one who or that which crops: a plant which furnishes a crop: one who raises a crop for a share of it: a kind of fancy pigeon remarkable for its large crop; Crop′ping , act of cutting off: the raising of crops: ( geol. ) an outcrop; Crop′py , one of the Irish rebels of 1798 who cut their hair short in imitation of the French Revolutionists.— adj. Crop′-sick , sick of a surfeit.— Crop out , to appear above the surface; Crop up , to come up incidentally. [A.S. crop , the top shoot of a plant, the crop of a bird; Dut. crop , a bird's crop.]