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12 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, n. [OE. lappe, AS l[ae]ppa; akin to D. lap patch, piece, G. lappen, OHG. lappa, Dan. lap, Sw lapp.] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. --Chaucer. 2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. --Chaucer. If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him --Fuller. 3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as to be reared in the lap of luxury. Men expect that happiness should drop into their laps. --Tillotson. 4. That part of any substance or fixture which extends over or lies upon or by the side of a part of another; as the lap of a board; also the measure of such extension over or upon another thing Note: The lap of shingles or slates in roofing is the distance one course extends over the second course below, the distance over the course immediately below being called the cover. 5. (Steam Engine) 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). 6. 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. 7. One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See {Lap}, to fold, 2. 8. In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game. 9. (Cotton Manuf.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine. 10. (Mach.) 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. {Lap joint}, a joint made by one layer, part or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers. {Lap weld}, a lap joint made by welding together overlapping edges or ends {Inside lap} (Steam Engine), lap of the valve with respect to the exhaust port. {Outside lap}, lap with respect to the admission, or steam, port. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, v. t. To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue. They 'II take suggestion as a cat laps milk. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, n. 1. The act of lapping with or as with the tongue; as to take anything into the mouth with a lap. 2. The sound of lapping. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, v. i. To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something or of one another; as the cloth laps back the boats lap; the edges lap. The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends where they lap over transparent, like the wing of a flay. --Grew. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapped}; p. pr & vb n. {Lapping}.] 1. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. To lap his head on lady's breast. --Praed. 2. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc See 1st {Lap}, 10. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, v. i. [OE. lappen, lapen, AS lapian; akin to LG lappen, OHG. laffan Icel. lepja, Dan. lade, Sw l["a]ppja, L. lambere; cf Gr ?, W. llepio Cf {Lambent}.] 1. To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something The dogs by the River Nilus's side being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore. --Sir K. Digby 2. To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue. I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lap \Lap\, v. t. [OE. lappen to fold (see {Lap}, n.); cf also OE wlappen perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on something as to lap a piece of cloth. 2. To wrap or wind around something About the paper . . . I lapped several times a slender thread of very black silk. --Sir I. Newton. 3. To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. Her garment spreads, and laps him in the folds. --Dryden. 4. 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 5. (Carding & Spinning) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working. {To lap boards}, {shingles}, etc., to lay one partly over another. {To lap timbers}, to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing. --Weale. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formul[ae] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, and {Valence}. {Arbitration bond}. See under {Arbitration}. {Bond crediter} (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. --Blackstone. {Bond debt} (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. --Burrows. {Bond} (or {lap}) {of a slate}, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. {Bond timber}, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally. Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lap n 1: the upper side of the thighs of a seated person 2: an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap" 3: the part that covers the thighs when one is seated [syn: {lap covering}] 4: a part that lies over another part [syn: {overlap}] 5: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: {circle}, {circuit}] 6: touching with the tongue [syn: {lick}] v 1: lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another 2: pass the tongue over [syn: {lick}] 3: move with or make or cause to move with or make a whistling or hissing sound, as of liquids [syn: {swish}, {swosh}] 4: take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk" [syn: {lap up}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LAP LISP Assembly Program. The {assembly language} embedded into early {Lisp}. LAP was also used by the {Liar} compiler for {MIT Scheme} and {MACLISP}. [Sammet 1969, p. 597]. (1994-11-01) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: LAP Link Access Procedure / Protocol (CCITT, X.25) From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: LAP, n. One of the most important organs of the female system -- an admirable provision of nature for the repose of infancy, but chiefly useful in rural festivities to support plates of cold chicken and heads of adult males. The male of our species has a rudimentary lap, imperfectly developed and in no way contributing to the animal's substantial welfare.
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