Hoop

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Hoop
Author: Noah Webster

HOOP, n. A band of wood or metal used to confine the staves of casks,tubs, c. or for other similar purposes. Wooden hoops are usually made by splitting an oak or hickory sapling into two parts; but sometimes they are made of thin splints and of other species of wood.

1. A piece of whalebone in the form of a circle or ellipsis, used formerly by females to extend their petticoats; a farthingale.

2. Something resembling a hoop; a ring; any thing circular.

HOOP, v.t. To bind or fasten with hoops; as, to hoop a barrel or puncheon.

1. To clasp; to encircle; to surround.

HOOP, v.i. to shout; to utter a loud cry, or a particular sound by way of call or pursuit.

HOOP, v.t. To drive with a shout or outcry.

1. To call by a shout or hoop.

HOOP, n. A shout; also, a measure, equal to a peck.

1. The hoopoe.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Hoop," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed December 9, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8SP8SRA3FKR7Q1V.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Hoop." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 9 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8SP8SRA3FKR7Q1V.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Hoop' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 9 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8SP8SRA3FKR7Q1V.