CROP, n. G., L. The crop of a fowl, and a crop of grain or hay are consistently the same word.
1. The first stomach of a fowl the craw.
2. The top or highest part of a thing the end. Not in use.
3. That which is gathered the corn, or fruits of the earth collected harvest. The word includes every species of fruit or produce, gathered for man or beast.
4. Corn and other cultivated plants while growing a popular use of the word.
5. Any thing cut off or gathered.
6. Hair cut close or short.
CROP,
1. To cut off the ends of any thing to eat off to pull off to pluck to mow to reap as, to crop flowers, trees, or grass. Man crops trees or plants with an instrument, or with his fingers a beast crops with his teeth.
2. To cut off prematurely to gather before it falls.
While force our youth, like fruits, untimely crops.
CROP, To yield harvest. Not in use.