Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

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Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill..
Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To knock, as at a door..
Tewhit :: Tewhit (n.) The lapwing; -- called also teewheep.
Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
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..
Spiring :: Spirillum (n.) A genus of common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate..
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
Dewlap :: Dewlap (n.) The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing..
Flicker :: Flicker (n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca..
Lappic :: Lappic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps..
Lap :: 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..
Pinner :: Pinner (n.) A headdress like a cap, with long lappets..
Delapsation :: Delapsation (n.) See Delapsion.
Clapboard :: Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses..
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..
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..
Spank :: Spank (n.) A blow with the open hand; a slap.
Lapdog :: Lapdog (n.) A small dog fondled in the lap.
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