Hypertext Webster Gateway: "collop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Collop \Col"lop\, n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow,
stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. ?]
[Written also {colp}.]
1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.
God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. --Shak.
Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked.
--Dryden.
2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.
Cut two good collops out of the crown land.
--Fuller.
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