The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . about 1850) into the south-ern Atlantic States, where it is rapidly spread-ing in old fields and waste places. It is greed-ily eaten by cattle. hobple (hopl), n. [Dim. of hoop^, after , dim. of hoep.] A childs hoop, usually hoop-snake trundled with a wand called a hoople-sticJc.[New York, U. S.] hoop-lock (hoplok), n. A fastening formed byinterlocking notches in the ends of a barrel-hoop. hoop-net (hiipnet), n. A net the mouth ofwhich is stretched upon a h
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . about 1850) into the south-ern Atlantic States, where it is rapidly spread-ing in old fields and waste places. It is greed-ily eaten by cattle. hobple (hopl), n. [Dim. of hoop^, after , dim. of hoep.] A childs hoop, usually hoop-snake trundled with a wand called a hoople-sticJc.[New York, U. S.] hoop-lock (hoplok), n. A fastening formed byinterlocking notches in the ends of a barrel-hoop. hoop-net (hiipnet), n. A net the mouth ofwhich is stretched upon a hoop, as a handle-net, dip-net, scoop-net, etc. A hoop-net with arectangular or circular opening is often used to capturefish under the ice. hoopoe, hoopoo (hopo, -po), n. [The form hoa-pioe was doubtless orig. pron. like hoopoo,\f\i\v\i,with hoopoop, first api)cars about l(J67-78; animitative var. or clipped redui)lication of theearlier hoop, appar. after L. tipupa: see hoo])^.]A tenuirostral non-passerine bird of the familyUpupuUv. The best-known species is Upnpa epops, thecommon hoopoe of Europe, a biid about 12 inches / ? c Hoopuc I Ipiifa efops). with a slender, sharp, decurved bill about 2J inches long,and a larjre, tliiii, i-nmintiaseil, and semicircular crest, erec-tile at will, on the lii.;ul. The general color is butf of someshade, varied with hlack and white on the wings and bird is insectivorous and migratory, and is widely dif-fused in Europe, Asia, and Africa. There are several otherspecies of Upupa. The birds of the neighboring familyIrrisoridce are known as wood-hoopoes. Also houper. Vannellus (the lapwing) is a new-made name of theFrench vanneau : which bird, by a great mistake, hathbeen generally taken to be the upupa of the ancients, whichis now by all acknowledged to be the hoopoo. Itay, Dictionarium Trilingue, p. 22. You know the holy birds who run up and down on thePrado at Seville among the ladies pretty feet— eh? withhooked noses and ci
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