chopping

Definitions

1. 1.Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton.
2. 2.Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.
3. 3.Act of cutting by strokes. Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. -- Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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