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lope

lope is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To leap; to dance. [Prov. Eng.] "He that lopes on the ropes." Middleton.
  2. 2.To move with a lope, as a horse. [U.S.]
  3. 3.A leap; a long step. [Prov. Eng.]
  4. 4.An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps. [U.S.] The mustang goes rollicking ahead, with the eternal lope, . . . a mixture of two or three gaits, as easy as the motions of a crade. T. B. Thorpe.

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

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