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See Roup. [Prov. Eng.]

physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. "The purple flowers droop." "Above her drooped a lamp." Tennyson. I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. Swift.

One who, or that which, droops.

In a drooping manner.

See Grouper.

One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.

A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male.

a number; a multitude. That which should accompany old age --As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends --I must not look to have. Shak.

Any troupial.

A soldier in a body of cavalry; a cavalryman; also, the horse of a cavalryman.

The American scaup duck. [Local, U. S.]

Same as Troupial.

By troops; in crowds. [Obs.] So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.

A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport. [Eng.]

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

th a hard experience written in his wrinkles. Hawthorne. Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.

steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm.

line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

ated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC

A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy unexpectedly. [R.] Dryden.