'Hop back' definitions:

Definition of 'Hop back'

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  • Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
  • 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. [1913 Webster]
  • Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.
  • Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and Trifolium procumbens).
  • Hop flea (Zool.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops.
  • Hop fly (Zool.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines.
  • Hop froth fly (Zool.), an hemipterous insect ({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.
  • Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (Ostrya vulgaris).
  • Hop moth (Zool.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
  • Hop picker, one who picks hops.
  • Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
  • Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
  • Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hop back'

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  • Back \Back\, n. [F. bac: cf. Arm. bag, bak a bark, D. bak tray, bowl.]
  • 1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Hop back, Jack back, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper.
  • Wash back, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort to form wash.
  • Water back, a cistern to hold a supply of water; esp. a small cistern at the back of a stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A ferryboat. See Bac, 1. [1913 Webster]