GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Lope , imp. of Leap. [Obs.]
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   And, laughing, lope into a tree. Spenser.
   
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   Lope, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Loping.] [See Leap.]
   To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] “He that lopes on the ropes.”  
   Middleton.
   
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   To move with a leaping or bounding stride, as a horse. [U.S.]
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   To run with an easy, bounding stride; -- of people.
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3.       
   Lope, n.
   A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
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   An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.]
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   The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a cradle.
   T. B. Thorpe.
   
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