Dallop

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn. East-Anglia, Essex, obsolete

    "Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of dollop. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

    "Dallop, s[ubstantive] a deal heap, a division or small heap,[…]"

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"Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind"

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps cognate with Norwegian dialect dolp, a lump.

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