Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap..

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Lap :: Lap (n.) The sound of lapping.
Bubale :: Bubale (n.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Pinner :: Pinner (n.) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets..
Longspur :: Longspur (n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States..
Lapidified :: Lapidified (imp. & p. p.) of Lapidif.
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) A rabbit burrow.
Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..
Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern..
Imbricate :: Imbricate (v. t.) To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface..
Paunch :: Paunch (n.) The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Finns :: Finns (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders..
Lapides :: Lapides (pl. ) of Lapi.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
Imbrication :: Imbrication (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure..
Mechoacan :: Mechoacan (n.) A species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of Convolvulus (C. Mechoacan); -- so called from Michoacan, in Mexico, whence it is obtained..
Lazuli :: Lazuli (n.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone..
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