King James Bible Dictionary

CROP, noun [G., Latin The crop of a fowl, and a crop of grain or hay are consistently the same word.]

1. The first stomach of a fowl; the craw.

2. The top or highest part of a thing; the end. [Not in use.]

3. That which is gathered; the corn, or fruits of the earth collected; harvest. The word includes every species of fruit or produce, gathered for man or beast.

4. Corn and other cultivated plants while growing; a popular use of the word.

5. Any thing cut off or gathered.

6. Hair cut close or short.

CROP, verb transitive

1. To cut off the ends of any thing; to eat off; to pull off; to pluck; to mow; to reap; as, to crop flowers, trees, or grass. Man crops trees or plants with an instrument, or with his fingers; a beast crops with his teeth.

2. To cut off prematurely; to gather before it falls.

While force our youth, like fruits, untimely crops.

CROP, verb intransitive To yield harvest. [Not in use.]

CROP-EAR, noun [crop and ear.] A horse whose ears are cropped.

CROP-EARED, adjective Having the ears cropped.

CROPFUL, adjective Having a full crop or belly; satiated.

CROPPED, CROPT, participle passive Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed.

CROPPER, noun A pigeon with a large crop.

CROPPING, participle present tense Cutting off; pulling off; eating off; reaping, or mowing.

CROPPING, noun

1. The act of cutting off.

2. The raising of crops.

CROP-SICK, adjective Sick or indisposed from a surcharged stomach; sick with excess in eating or drinking.

CROP-SICKNESS, noun Sickness from repletion of the stomach. Latin

CROPPED, CROPT participle passive Cut off; plucked; eaten off; reaped, or mowed.