strop

Etymology 1
Same as (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.

Noun

 * 1) A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
 * 2)  A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
 * 1)  A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ремък за точене
 * Czech: obtahovací řemen
 * Danish:, strygerem
 * Dutch:, scheerriem
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:, affilarasoio
 * Macedonian: ремен
 * Swedish: strigel


 * Catalan:
 * French:
 * Ido:

Verb

 * 1) To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
 * One should strop the razor before each shave.
 * 1)  To strap.
 * 1)  To strap.
 * 1)  To strap.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: точа на ремък
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Swedish: strigla

Etymology 2
Back-formation from

Noun

 * 1)  A bad mood or temper.

Etymology 3
From, due to use of apostrophes as single quotation marks to indicate boldface in. Other methods were used, especially in, where the earlier matched apostrophes were no longer common, and the term became used more generally for any such method.

Verb

 * 1)  To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in   or writing in uppercase as in.

Noun

 * 1)  A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.

Etymology
Probably from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) pole
 * 2) stick
 * 3)  beating

Etymology
. Compare obsolete 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (which may be borrowed from Czech).

Noun

 * 1) ceiling

Etymology
Probably borrowed via (such as ) from, from.

Noun

 * 1) strap
 * 2) loop
 * 3) hanger

Etymology
From, probably borrowed via from.

Noun

 * 1) A noose
 * 2)  hanging (execution)
 * 3)  bad luck, loss
 * 4) A loop
 * 5) A rascal, brat

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  ceiling
 * 2)  roof

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) drop; droplet (of liquid)
 * 2)  a small quantity of something, such as a grain

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) A ceiling

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) ceiling (highest portion of room)