Henry Edward George Rope

Rope was a member of Murray's, and, from 1905, Bradley's editorial staff. He eventually became a Catholic priest, with missions at Morley Hall, Shropshire, and elsewhere. He continued to contribute quotations for the OED and its Supplements until his death. The quotation submitted by Rope appears in the entry for rough, a., sense B. 21 b. The slip reads: ‘1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 192/1 s.v. Snakes, Family 3. Uropeltidæ (Rough Tails).. . Tail very short, truncated or scarcely tapering, frequently terminating in a rough naked disk or covered with keeled scales.’ The advertisement on the reverse of the slip demonstrates Rope's habit of recycling whatever paper was to hand.