Collop

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Collop \Col"lop\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow,
     stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. ?]
     [Written also {colp}.]
     1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
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              God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. --Shak.
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              Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.
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              Cut two good collops out of the crown land.
                                                    --Fuller.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "collop":
     bit, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, coat, coating, covering,
     crumb, cut, cutting, deal, disk, dollop, end, feuille, film, flap,
     foil, fold, fragment, gob, gobbet, hunk, lamella, lamina,
     laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, lump, membrane,
     modicum, moiety, morsel, pane, panel, paring, particle, patina,
     peel, pellicle, piece, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood,
     rasher, safety glass, scoop, scrap, scum, shard, shaving, sheet,
     shiver, shred, skin, slab, slat, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack,
     snatch, snip, snippet, splinter, stitch, stump, table, tablet,
     tatter, veneer, wafer