STROPPED

STROP

strop

(verb) sharpen on a strop; “strop razors”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

stropped

simple past tense and past participle of strop

Anagrams

• droppest

Source: Wiktionary


STROP

Strop, n. Etym: [See Strap.]

Definition: A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.

Strop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stropped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stropping.]

Definition: To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.

Strop, n. Etym: [Cf. F. estrope, Ă©trope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.] (Naut.)

Definition: A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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