n. A mope; a drone. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fair where servants are hired. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a wry mouth. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mope. ] A made-up face; a grimace. “What mops and mowes it makes!” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Carp.) A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make spiritless and stupid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Moped p. pr. & vb. n. Moping. ] [ Cf. D. moppen to pout, Prov. G. muffen to sulk. ] To be dull and spiritless; to spend time doing little; as, to mope around the house. “Moping melancholy.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sickly part of one true sense
Could not so mope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dull, spiritless person. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shortsighted; purblind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mopish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]