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strop (sträp)

noun

  1. strap
  2. a device, esp. a thick leather band, used for putting a fine edge on razors

Etymology: ME, a band, thong, noose < OE, akin to MHG strupfe < early WGmc loanword < L struppus < Gr strophos, a twisted band: for IE base see strophe

transitive verb stropped, stropping strop′·ping

to sharpen on a strop

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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