Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth..

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Notching :: Notching (n.) A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions..
Rambutan :: Rambutan (n.) A Malayan fruit produced by the tree Nephelium lappaceum, and closely related to the litchi nut. It is bright red, oval in shape, covered with coarse hairs (whence the name), and contains a pleasant acid pulp. Called also ramboostan..
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..
Lapsing :: Lapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laps.
Flap :: Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter..
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..
Unlap :: Unlap (v. t.) To unfold.
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
Sublapsary :: Sublapsarianism (n.) Infralapsarianism.
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings..
Flapper :: Flapper (n.) One who, or that which, flaps..
Girdlestead :: Girdlestead (n.) The lap.
Lapidarian :: Lapidarian (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record..
Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
Lap :: Lap (n.) 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..
Volapuk :: Volapuk (n.) Literally, world's speech; the name of an artificial language invented by Johan Martin Schleyer, of Constance, Switzerland, about 1879..
Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing..
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay..
Sublate :: Sublapsary (a.) Sublapsarian.
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