Lopping

Definitions

1. gerund of lop: the cutting off of branches, etc.
   form-of, gerund
2. That which is cut off; leavings.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] I ſhall only throvv the ſtrong Point⟳ of Light⟳ upon that Part vvhich coincides vvith Roman Hiſtory, and of that Part only on the Point⟳ of Time vvhen they received the great and final Stroke vvhich made them no more a Nation; […] I ſay nothing of the Loppings made from that Stock⟳ whilſt it ſtood; nor from the Suckers that grevv out of the old Root ever ſince.”

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