Defn: A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.
HOP-O'-MY-THUMB; HOP-THUMB
Hop"-o'-my-thumb", Hop"-thumb", n.
Defn: A very diminutive person. [Colloq.] liwell.
HOPPED
Hopped, p. a.
Defn: Impregnated with hops.
HOPPER
Hop"per, n. Etym: [See 1st Hop.]
1. One who, or that which, hops.
2. A chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car.
3. (Mus.)
Defn: See Grasshopper, 2.