▪ I. loup, n.1 Sc.
(laʊp)
[a. ON. hlǫup = leap n.1]
= leap n.1 lover's loup: cf. lover1 4.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce vi. 638 Till thame that faucht vith his man A lowp richt lychtly maid he than. 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. i. i, Yonder's a craig, since ye have tint all hope, Gae till 't your ways, and take the lover's lowp. 1821 Galt Ann. Parish viii. 85 The horses gave a sudden loup, and couped the coach. 1900 Speaker 19 May 190/1 Two sheep dogs raced forward with long loups. |
▪ II. † loup, n.2 Sc. Obs.
[a. ON. lǫup-r = leap n.2]
A weel or fishing basket; = leap n.2 2.
| 1581 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 218/2 Halding of cruuis, lynis or loupis w{supt}in fresche watteris. |
▪ III. ‖ loup, n.3
(lu)
[a. F. loup, lit. ‘wolf’:—L. lup-um. Cf. loo n.2]
A light mask or half-mask of silk or velvet worn by females.
| 1834 James J. Marston Hall xxii, The black velvet mask, called a loup, which was then very generally used by women in the higher classes, under the pretext of defending their complexions. 1876 Ouida Winter City x. 327 Their white teeth shone under the lace of their loups. |
▪ IV. ‖ loup, n.4
(lu)
[Fr., lit. ‘wolf’.]
In full, loup de mer. The sea-bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, found off the coasts of western Europe and in the Mediterranean.
| 1766 Smollett Trav. I. xviii. 291 One of the best fish of this country, is called Le Loup, about two or three pounds in weight; white, firm, and well-flavoured. 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. iv. 76 Filing off wet third-class decks of lake steamers, choking over the bones of loups de mer. 1966 P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 44 The loup de mer, so often found grilled over fennel sticks all over the south, is a sort of sea-perch or sea-bass. 1969 J. Elliot Duel i. v. 117 Keith..had lines out trolling for rouget and loup de mer. 1969 New Yorker 27 Sept. 120/2, I have seen more herbs thrown on the coals beneath, somewhat as fennel is blazed under a loup, the wolfish sea bass, at its last minutes on the grill. |
▪ V. loup, v. Sc.
(laʊp)
Also 4–9 lowp(e, 6 loupe, (8 loop).
[a. ON. hlǫupa: see leap v.]
intr. and trans. = leap v. in various senses.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce xiii. 652 And it [wheel of fortune], that wondir lawch wer ere, Mon lowp on loft in the contrere. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (John Baptist) 506 Þe wikit wife gert hir dochtir ga..& spring & loupe befor þaim al. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) III. 413 Sum he gart loupe and droun into the deip. 1567 Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 222 Quhen that I heir hir name exprest, My hart for Ioy dois loup thairfor. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 197 The bischope quha was than loupand on hors. a 1584 Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 463 Luik quhair to licht before thou loup. 1693 Scot. Presbyt. Eloq. (1783) 138 That like new-spean'd Fillies they may loop over the Fold-dikes of Grace. 1788 Burns Ep. to H. Parker 30 O, had I power like inclination, I'd..loup the ecliptic like a bar. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 175 The trouts are loupin in the water. 1871 C. Gibbon Lack of Gold vii, With..your purse full you'll get dozens of them ready to loup at you. 1894 Crockett Raiders (ed. 3) 46 Gin I haena the strength o' airm to gar ye lowp mysel'. |
b. Comb.: loup-the-dike a., giddy, flighty.
| 1823 Galt Entail II. 276 She jealouses that your affections are set on a loup-the-dyke Jenny Cameron like Nell Frizel. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet ch. xxiii, I have my finger and my thumb on this loup-the-dyke loon. |
▪ VI. loup
obs. form of loop.