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noun
1.
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
2.
Also, strap. Nautical, Machinery.
a.
a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc.
b.
a metal band surrounding the pulley of a block to transmit the load on the pulley to its hook or shackle.
c.
a rope sling, as for handling cargo.
d.
a ring or grommet of rope.
verb (used with object)
3.
to sharpen on or as if on a strop.
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Origin:
before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German strop; all probably < Latin stroppus, variant of struppus strap
before 1050; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch, Low German strop; all probably < Latin stroppus, variant of struppus strap
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strop·per, noun
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