Lope

·noun A leap; a long step.

II. Lope ·Impf of Leap.

III. Lope ·vi To move with a lope, as a horse.

IV. Lope ·noun An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.

V. Lope ·vi To Leap; to Dance.

to lope
To leap, to run away. He loped down the dancers; he ran down stairs. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
lope
n. a slow and steady gallop. From Dutchverb loopen, to leap, to run. The word is Americanrather tha...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
lope
1) A leap; a long step.--Webster. A sulky ox refuses to move in the proper direction; off starts a ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
lope
leap'd, the perfect tense of leap. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
gant-lope
, or gauntlope (commonly pronounced gantlet). A race which a criminal was sentenced to run, in the...

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