Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) 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..

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Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
Lapwork :: Lapwork (n.) Work in which one part laps over another.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..
Tegulated :: Tegulated (a.) Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; -- said of a kind of ancient armor..
Slapdash :: Slapdash (adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.
Knap :: Knap (n.) A sharp blow or slap.
Smack :: Smack (adv.) As if with a smack or slap.
Clap :: Clap (n.) Gonorrhea.
Claptrap :: Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Applause :: Applause (n.) The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation..
Flap :: Flap (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.
Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Burr :: Burr (n.) The lobe or lap of the ear.
Clapperclaw :: Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Swap :: Swap (v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap..
Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..
Weep :: Weep (n.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
Four-o''clock :: Four-o'clock (n.) A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady..
Infralapsarianism :: Infralapsarianism (n.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians..
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