| hop | 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. 2. A dance; especially, an informal dance of ball. Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. 1. <botany> A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. See 1st Back. <botany> Hop clover, the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. Origin: OE. Hoppe; akin to D. Hop, hoppe, OHG. Hopfo, G. Hopfen; cf. LL. Hupa, W. Hopez, Armor. Houpez, and Icel. Humall, SW. & Dan. Humle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| soc | 1. The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens. 2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grrinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. Soc and sac, the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship. Origin: AS. Soc the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E. Sake, seek. Sake, Seek, and cf. Sac, and Soke Alternative forms: sock, and soke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |