Definition of lap

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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..

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Laparocele :: Laparocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
Clap :: Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow..
Delapsion :: Delapsion (n.) A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion..
Rapilli :: Rapilli (n. pl.) Lapilli.
Lapsible :: Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.
Burlap :: Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc..
Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
Overlap :: Overlap (v. t. & i.) To lap over; to lap.
Lap :: Lap (n.) To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Lapidation :: Lapidation (n.) The act of stoning.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Laputan :: Laputan (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy..
Overlap :: Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof..
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.
Slap :: Slap (v. t.) To strike with the open hand, or with something broad..
Lapfuls :: Lapfuls (pl. ) of Lapfu.
Lapelled :: Lapelled (a.) Furnished with lapels.
Valvate :: Valvate (a.) Meeting at the edges without overlapping; -- said of the sepals or the petals of flowers in aestivation, and of leaves in vernation..
Infralapsarianism :: Infralapsarianism (n.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians..
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