stropn.1
/strɒp/, U.S. /strɑp/ a. A band, thong; a loop or noose of leather, etc. Obsolete. (Cf. strap n. 1)In quot. c1050, a thong or line for lashing an oar to a thole-pin.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > loop or noose
latchetc1350
noosec1450
strop1481
slip1687
twitch1783
kinch1808
fank1825
slip-cord1847
loop1944
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 181/42 Struppus, strop, uel arwiððe.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 32 Bynde the corde faste to the lynde, and make a rydynge knotte or a strope.
1552 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Amentum, a thonge, or that whiche is bounden to the middes of a darte or iavelyn wherwith it is throwen, a strope or a loupe.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 305 And it wald play and hop abowt the heid ane stre strop.
1723 Pres. State Russia II. 378 A Strop of Leather tied about the Beast's Head like a Halter.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > surgical supports > [noun] > truss or band
truss1543
amma1706
strop1744
Melton pad1906
1744 H. Ettrick in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 565 The Leg is suspended by Bands, one of which is placed at the Ancle, from the Sides of which pass Two Strops, to join the inferior Knee-band.
2.
a. A ring or band of hide or of rope with its ends spliced together, used upon a mast, yard, rope, etc., as a fastening or as a purchase for tackle; esp. a band of rope, iron, or chain fastened round a pulley or block. Chiefly Nautical. (Cf. strap n. 2.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > system of) pulley(s) > rope or band round block
strop1357
strapa1625
block-strop1769
grummet stropc1860
1357 in Pipe Roll 32 Edw. III m. 34/2 j. poleancre rope cum le stroppe.
1409 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 44/11 (3) m. 3 In .xxij. lb. et di. de cordis..expenditis in factura del stroppes infra bargiam.
1417 Foreign Accts. 8 Henry V (Public Rec. Office) G/1 ij Bowlynes j Stroppe..j Tooppe.
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 36 Poleis with Stroppes..iiij.
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 38 Stroppes of Russewale, ij.
1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 139 We also had one of the Strops of our Bobstay broke.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Strop, a piece of rope..used to surround the body of a block; so that the latter may be hung to any particular station about the masts, yards, or rigging... Strops are also used occasionally to fasten upon any large rope, for the purpose of hooking a tackle to the eye, or double part of the strop.
1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 177 The line was fixed [to the harpoon] by a strop, made of fore~ganger, our wire-shackles being all broke.
1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 329 Any short piece of rope, with its ends spliced together, gets the name of a strop. Such strops are used for various purposes, as, for hooking a tackle to.
1860 G. S. Nares Naval Cadet's Guide 27 A single strop with a thimble seized in.
1875 W. C. Russell Wreck of Grosvenor xvii Clapping on strops to the collar of the mainstay.
1883 Man. Seamanship for Boys' Training Ships Royal Navy 32 Q. What are masthead pendants? A. Strops or short pieces of rope, fitted..upon the heads of the lower masts, for applying tackles for staying the masts or setting up lower rigging.
1912 J. Masefield in Eng. Rev. Oct. 340 The noisy half~deck rang with mirth, For two ship's boys were putting on the strop.
b. (See quot. 1875.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > rope-making equipment > [noun] > other rope-making equipment
warping-tree1404
throw-crook1557
warping-stock1588
spun-yarn winch1627
winch1640
woolder1750
register1793
top minor1793
laying-top1794
warping-block1794
whirl1794
reel1797
warping-post1797
whirl-hook1797
strand-hook1825
spreader1830
register plate1832
wimble1863
snugger1875
strop1875
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Strop (Rope-making), a rope with an eye at each end, used in twisting strands.
3. A strip of leather (or of a special textile), or a strip of wood covered with leather or other suitable material, used for sharpening a razor; a razor-strop. (Cf. strap n. 8 dialect)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening > leather
strop1702
smoothing-leather1710
razor strop?1740
strap1759
1702 Post Man 3–5 Feb. 2/1 Strops for setting Razors, Pen-knives, &c. upon.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. viii. 198 You are wanted more than a strop for a blunt razor.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxix. 346 He happened to have been sharpening his razors,..a huge strop dangled from the wall.
1887 F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 64 Three various strops were necessary to put an edge on the razor that was to execute me.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting strip of wood or metal
strop1573
strap1620
batten1663
brace1730
fillet1781
hollow-
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > strip or plate of wood or metal
hollowc897
strop1573
strap1588
shin1747
strap iron1833
stirrup-iron1838
fish1847
fish-bar1872
welt1874
mirror plate1940
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > devices for securing or uniting parts
key1434
chevel-bolt1480
strop1573
gimbals1577
gimmals1598
gimmera1603
strap1620
bridle1667
key band1735
screw-joint1810
locking plate1812
safety pin1822
king bolt1839
square coupling1845
holding-down bolt1846
ball joint1849
pinholder1854
knuckle-joint1860
bayonet-joint1870
elbow1874
fox-key1874
split-pin1875
cotter-pin1881
elbow-joint1881
banjo-frame1888
holding-down pin1892
holding-down ring1899
feather1908
banjo union1922
1573–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 122 Mendinge of the stropes of iij belles, xij d.
1603–4 in H. J. F. Swayne Churchwardens' Accts. Sarum (1896) 152 Iron stroppes and bolts and kayes for the belles.
Compounds
strop-maker; strop-bound adj.
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1736 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 607/2 Soap-boilers, Razor-makers, Hone-makers, Strop-makers, &c.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Strop-bound block, a single block used in the clue of square-sails for the clue-lines to lead through.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
stropn.2
/strɒp/, U.S. /strɑp/ British colloquial.
As a mass noun: belligerence, peevishness (rare). As a count noun: a fit of temper; a sulk.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun]
crabbingc1450
protervitya1527
peevishness1561
pettishness1603
fretfulness1615
huffiness1678
froppishness1688
petulancy1712
fractiousness1727
crossness1740
petulance1785
bile1836
huffishness1841
biliousness1856
pettedness1860
strop1970
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1970 M. Tripp Man without Friends xii. 124 ‘What about Nanny?’ I said with a touch of strop in my voice.
1990 Smash Hits 31 Oct. 55/4 We see them when they're being spiteful, when they're funny, when they're in unspeakable strops.
1993 Empire Aug. 50/2 Big sis has caused him to go into a right strop by taunting him about his ‘girlfriend’.
2004 Company Mar. 73/1 By the time this so-called ‘Jamie’ phoned to ask Becky out for a drink, I had worked myself up into a mammoth strop and refused to speak to her.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
stropadj.
dialect ? Obsolete.
strop milch cow = strapper n.2, stropper n.1
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives milk > that is going dry
stropper1707
strop milch cow1781
stripping cow1894
1781 in Hist. Chesterfield (1839) 339 For every strop milch cow, one penny.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
stropv.1
/strɒp/, U.S. /strɑp/ 1. transitive. To sharpen or smooth the edge of (a razor) with a strop. Also transferred and figurative.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > sharpening tool
strap1774
hone1788
strop1841
oilstone1876
stone1885
the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > sharpen (a thing) [verb (transitive)] > sharpen edge > with a strop
strop1841
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxv. 80 The raven..after a long inspection of an epitaph..would strop his beak upon the grave to which it referred.
1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1155 The razor is always stropped backwards, and usually from heel to point.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. ii. ix. 139 ‘Well?’ cried the Squire, suspending the operation of stropping his razor.
1944 ‘Palinurus’ Unquiet Grave iii. 72 The parrot stropping its beak on the bars of the cage.
1957 C. Day Lewis Pegasus 25 The river endlessly stropping its tides against the embankment.
1974 ‘J. Herriot’ Vet in Harness vii. 51 ‘I think a beef sandwich would go down rather nicely, Jim,’ he murmured, as he stropped his carving knife on a steel.
2. Nautical. To furnish (a block) with a strop. Cf. strap v.1 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work tackle > specific operations on or with tackle
reeve1639
snatch1769
underrun1769
whip1769
stropc1860
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 29 How do you strop a block with a short splice?
Derivatives
stropped adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > sharpened
honed1837
stropped1882
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [adjective] > specific types of block
sheaved1800
thick and thin1815
stropped1882
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 75 An iron-stropped block.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 81 The..blocks..are iron stropped.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 8 Internal Iron Stropped: External Iron Stropped: Wire Stropped: Rope Stropped.
1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 287 As keen an edge as a well-stropped razor.
ˈstropping n. (a) the action of the verb; (b) concrete (Nautical) rope for making strops.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > other tools or equipment
filinga1398
shovellingc1440
stamp1598
routing1846
stropping1850
beetling1859
screwdriving1864
lapping machine1877
lapping plate1877
side milling1878
broaching1888
hobbing1930
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > types of
sandwich1494
parchment lace1542
hempstring1573
sinnet1611
jackline1612
spun-yarn1627
sennit1769
Manila1826
four-inch1840
stropping1850
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope collective or as material > specific types of rope
ratline1358
marline1417
sinnet1611
caburn1626
knittle1627
housing1642
lashing1669
houseline1712
fox1769
sennit1769
hamber-line1793
seizing1804
grass line1828
stropping1850
lanyard1862
small stuff1867
1850 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. III. 1156 A razor from continued use and stropping, has become dull.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. x. 315 Table of Size of Rope Stropping.
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stropv.2
/strɒp/, U.S. /strɑp/ dialect.
transitive. = strap v.2
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > dairy farm [verb (transitive)] > draw last milk from
stroke1538
strip?1610
jib1728
strap1854
strop1884
to milk out1950
1884 G. S. Streatfeild Lincolnshire & Danes 367 Strop, to draw the last milk from the teats of a cow; Stroppings, the last milk that comes before the udder is empty.
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n.1c1050
n.21970adj.1781v.11841v.21884- to be holden
- to be holed below the waterline
- to be home to
- to be homeward
- to be homewards
- to be honest
- to be hopping
- to be hot for
- to be hung higher than gilderoy's kite
- to be hung on in the hedge
- to be hung on the hedge
- to be ideally suited
- to be ill served
- to be ill set
- to be in a bad row of stumps
- to be in a fair way of
- to be in a fair way to
- to be in a fair way to do something
- to be in a fidge
- to be in a hat
- to be in a low key
- to be in a management
- to be in a miff
- to be in a mind
- to be in a month's mind