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Cuff :: Cuff (n.) A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap..

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..

Spat :: Spat (v. t.) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands..

Cover :: Cover (n.) The lap of a slide valve.

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

Complicant :: Complicant (a.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles..

Clinker-built :: Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

Overlap :: Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof..

Illapsable :: Illapsable (a.) Incapable of slipping, or of error..

Dilapidated :: Dilapidated (a.) Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.

Clape :: Clape (n.) A bird; the flicker.

Flap :: Flap (v. i.) To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing..

Lapidescent :: Lapidescent (a.) Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Lapp :: Lapp (n.) Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.

Dewlapped :: Dewlapped (a.) Furnished with a dewlap.

Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.

Lap :: Lap (n.) 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)..

Stag :: Stag (n.) The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti..

Malapropism :: Malapropism (n.) A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

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