lop

To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.

Some, for hard masters, broken under arms, In battle lopt away, with half their limbs, Beg bitter bread thro’ realms their valour sav’d,

To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.

To allow to hang down.

to lop the head

That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.

Why, we take, From every tree, lop, bark, and part o'the timber

I ſhall not trouble you about the raiſing of them of Truncheons or Lops, because I could never find them to take; only ſometimes ſome of the ſmallest Suckers, when the Sap is newly ſtirring in them, if they are ſlipt off from the Tree, will grow

A flea.

Hadway wi ye man, ye liftin wi lops.

Lice, That's nick name to the stuff called Lops