Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader..

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Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay..
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Slapdash :: Slapdash (adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.
Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Bezant :: Bezant (n.) A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another..
Lap :: Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) A rabbit burrow.
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered..
Lapps :: Lapps (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia..
Carvelbuilt :: Carvelbuilt (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel..
Tegulated :: Tegulated (a.) Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor..
Flicker :: Flicker (v. i.) To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
Pewit :: Pewit (n.) The lapwing.
Lapp :: Lapp (n.) Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.
Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.
Lap :: Lap (n.) To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one..
Saunders-blue :: Saunders-blue (n.) A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper..
Lomatinous :: Lomatinous (a.) Furnished with lobes or flaps.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
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