noun.
A hop-picker.
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In brewing, a vat in which the infusion of hops is prepared to be added to the wort.
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In geology, a hopper-shaped pit or depression in the land.
Having the form of an inverted pyramid: as, a hopper ship, the bottom of which consists of a series of hoppers: a type of vessel used on the Great Lakes for carrying bulk cargoes.
noun.
One who or that which hops.
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Specifically — A cheese-hopper.
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A butterfly: same as skipper
noun.
A grasshopper
noun.
A saltatorial homopterous insect; a cercopid, in a broad sense: as, a froghopper; a tree-hopper.
noun.
A saltatorial beetle; one of the Halticidœ.
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A seal of the second year.
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A wild swan.
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plural A game in which the players hop or leap on one leg; hop-scotch.
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A trough, usually shaped like an inverted cone, through which grain or anything to be ground or crushed passes into a mill: so called because at one time it had a hopping or shaking motion. It is now stationary, and leads the grain to the shaking-shoe.
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A tray or basket in which a sower carries seed; a seed-basket.
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A boat having a compartment with a movable bottom, to receive the mud or gravel from a dredging-machine and convey it to deep water, where, on opening the bottom, the mud or gravel falls out. Also called hopper-barge.
noun.
Same as hopper-car.
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In a double-action pianoforte movement, a piece attached to the back of a key to raise the hammer.
noun.
Same as hoppet, 3.