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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Strop

· IPA /stɹɑp/
01 n. A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.
  1. 1.
    A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3. See: Strap
02 v. t. To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
imp. & p. p. Stropped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stropping
  1. 1.
    To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
03 n. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
  1. 1.
    A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.(Naut.)