Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CROP, n. [Sax. crop, cropp, the crop of a fowl, a cluster, ears of corn, grapes, grains of corn; D. krop; G. kropf; W. crop, the crop or craw; cropiad, a gathering into a heap, a creeping; cropian, to creep. Here we see that crop is a gathering, and that it is connected with creep, whose radical sense is to catch or take hold. Hence crop coincides with L. carpo, carpus, and perhaps with reap, rapio, as it does with grapple. Hence we see how 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.] – Chaucer.
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.