Definition of "louping" [loup•ing]

• An enzoötic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. (noun)

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• "Mr. Dyer, in his _Church Lore Gleanings_, mentions the "louping," or"
• "And the leal men of Lothian, are louping on their horse;"
• "Alan, however (overpassing my small savings), has the world to win; and louping and laughing, as you and he were wont to do, would soon make the powder flee out of his wig, and the pence out of his pocket."