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Mop \Mop\, n. [See {Mope}.]
A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!"
--Beau. & Fl.
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Mop \Mop\, v. i.
To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Mop \Mop\, n. [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal,
moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see {Map}, {Napkin}).]
1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a
piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn,
fastened to a handle.
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2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet.
[Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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{Mop head}.
(a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are
fastened.
(b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.
[U.S.]
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Mop \Mop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mopping}.]
To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a
floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
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