Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth..

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Bort :: Bort (n.) Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) A person who claps.
Ride :: Ride (v. t.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or fractured fragments.
Lapidarious :: Lapidarious (a.) Consisting of stones.
Lapwork :: Lapwork (n.) Work in which one part laps over another.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance..
Clap :: Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Flap :: Flap (v.) The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing..
Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast..
Smack :: Smack (adv.) As if with a smack or slap.
Lap :: Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below)..
Setterwort :: Setterwort (n.) The bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots..
Burr :: Burr (n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.
Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
Spank :: Spank (v. t.) To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap..
Coatee :: Coatee (n.) A coat with short flaps.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Overmalapert :: Overmalapert (a.) Excessively malapert or impudent.
Ophiophagus :: Ophiophagus (n.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes..
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