- cúsloppe
- f (-an/-an) cowslip
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
cúsloppe
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slop — slop1 /slop/, v., slopped, slopping, n. v.t. 1. to spill or splash (liquid). 2. to spill liquid upon. 3. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock). v.i. 4. to spill or splash liquid (sometimes fol. by about): The children happily slopped about in … Universalium
cowslip — [OE] Old English cūslyppe literally meant ‘cow dung’ (a variant cūsloppe, which survived dialectally into the 20th century as cowslop, suggests that its second element is related to slop and sloppy). The name presumably came from the plant’s… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
slop — c.1400, mudhole, probably from O.E. sloppe dung (in cusloppe cow dung ), related to slyppe slime (see SLIP (Cf. slip) (v.)). Meaning semiliquid food first recorded 1650s; that of refuse liquid of any kind (usually slops) is from 1815. Verb… … Etymology dictionary
slop — I [[t]slɒp[/t]] v. slopped, slop•ping, n. 1) to spill or splash (liquid) 2) to spill liquid upon 3) ahb. to feed slop to (pigs or other livestock) 4) to spill or splash liquid: children slopping about in a puddle[/ex] 5) (of liquid) to spill or… … From formal English to slang
slop — I. /slɒp / (say slop) verb (slopped, slopping) –verb (t) 1. to spill or splash (liquid). 2. to spill liquid upon. –verb (i) 3. Also, slop about. to spill or splash liquid. 4. Colloquial (of persons, etc.) to be unduly effusive; gush. 5. to walk… …
cowslip — [OE] Old English cūslyppe literally meant ‘cow dung’ (a variant cūsloppe, which survived dialectally into the 20th century as cowslop, suggests that its second element is related to slop and sloppy). The name presumably came from the plant’s… … Word origins
