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Webster 1913 Edition
Collop
Col′lop
,Noun.
[Of uncertain origin; cf. OF.
colp
blow, stroke, piece, F. coup
, fr. L. colophus
buffet, cuff, Gr. [GREEK]] [Written also
colp
.] 1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
God knows thou art a
collop
of my flesh. Shakespeare
Sweetbread and
collops
were with skewers pricked. Dryden.
2.
A part or piece of anything; a portion.
Cut two good
collops
out of the crown land. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Collop
COLLOP
, n.1.
A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.2.
In burlesque, a child.In Job 15:27 it seems to have the sense of a thick piece or fleshy lump. He maketh collops of fat on his flanks. This is the sense of the word in N. England.