popp

n. A dagger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Puppet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. same as poppit. [ PJC ]

Poppet head,
Puppet head. See Headstock (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Poppy. ] 1. Mingled or interspersed with poppies. “Poppied corn.” Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with poppy juice; hence, figuratively, drugged; drowsy; listless; inactive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The poppied sails doze on the yard. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Pop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Popping crease. (Cricket) See under Crease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small plastic bead with opposed holes and protuberant knobs, so shaped that the beads may be fastened to each other in chains and detached easily, and can be used to form variable-length chains for use as necklaces, bracelets, or other ornamental objects. Also called poppet and poppit bead. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ Cf. Pop. ] To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The poplar. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tares. [ Obs. ] “To sow popple among wheat.” Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Poppies [ OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver. ] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus Eschscholtzia. --
Corn poppy. See under Corn. --
Horn poppy, or
Horned poppy. See under Horn. --
Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee (Anthocopa papaveris) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee. --
Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. --
Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). --
Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene (Silene inflata). See Catchfly. [ 1913 Webster ]