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Webster 1913 Edition
Hoop
Hoop
,Noun.
[OE.
hope
; akin to D. hoep
, hoepel
.] 1.
A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form, and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of casks, tubs, etc.
2.
A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in making cheese.
3.
A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone, metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the skirts of ladies’ dresses; crinoline; – used chiefly in the plural.
Though stiff with
hoops
, and armed with ribs of whale. Pope.
4.
A quart pot; – so called because originally bound with hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents measured by the distance between the hoops.
[Obs.]
5.
An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from one to four pecks.
[Eng.]
Halliwell.
Bulge hoop
, Chine hoop
, Quarter hoop
the hoop nearest the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.
– Flat hoop
, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.
– Half-round hoop
, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed on the outside.
– Hoop iron
, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making hoops.
– Hoop lock
, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden hoops by notching and interlocking them.
– Hoop skirt
, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts of a woman's dress; – called also
– hoop petticoat
. Hoop snake
(Zool.)
, a harmless snake of the Southern United States (
– Abaster erythrogrammus
); – so called from the mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great velocity. Hoop tree
(Bot.)
, a small West Indian tree (
Melia sempervirens
), of the Mahogany family.Hoop
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hooped
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hooping
.] 1.
To bind or fasten with hoops;
as, to
. hoop
a barrel or puncheon2.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.
Shak.
Hoop
,Verb.
I.
[OE.
houpen
; cf. F. houper
to hoop, to shout; – a hunting term, prob. fr. houp
, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop
.] 1.
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout.
[Usually written
whoop
.] Hoop
,Verb.
T.
[Written also
whoop
.] 1.
To drive or follow with a shout.
“To be hooped out of Rome.” Shak.
2.
To call by a shout or peculiar cry.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hoop
HOOP
,Noun.
1.
A piece of whalebone in the form of a circle or ellipsis, used formerly by females to extend their petticoats; a farthingale.2.
Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular.HOOP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To clasp; to encircle; to surround.HOOP
,Verb.
I.
HOOP
,Verb.
T.
1.
To call by a shout or hoop.HOOP
,Noun.
1.
The hoopoe.