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One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes. [U.S.]

One who, or that which, develops.

One who elopes.

l guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. Farrow. Galloper gun, a light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly attached to British infantry regiments.

n office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously. The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the professions. I. Taylor.

Same as Landlouper.

A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.

One who fishes for scallops.

two compounds, a chlorine derivative and bromine derivative, of hydroquinone, used as developers.

A salt of a diamino phenol, C6H3(OH)(NH2)2, used as a developer.

The sodium salt of a sulphonic acid of a naphthol, C10H5(OH)(NH2)SO3Na used as a developer.

One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent. [R.] Heywood.

A vagabond; a vagrant. [Written also landleaper and landloper.] "Bands of landloupers." Moltey.

A whitish soluble powder used as a developer in photography. Chemically, it is the sulphate of methyl-p-amino-m-cresol.

ties, and hence called also pyrogallic acid. It is a strong reducer, and is used as a developer in photography and in the production of certain dyes.

ur fowl (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus Galloperdix, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. -- Spur gear (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. -- Spur gearing, gearing in wh…

ll partridges of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and neighboring regions belonging to the genera Caloperdix, Rollulus, and Melanoperdix.