Definition of lap

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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)..

Lern More About Lap

Lapsing :: Lapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laps.
Slape :: Slape (a.) Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
Supralapsary :: Supralapsary (a.) Supralapsarian.
Flick :: Flick (v. t.) To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots..
Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Burlap :: Burlap (n.) A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc..
Sticktail :: Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets..
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Clapper :: Clapper (n.) A rabbit burrow.
Clacker :: Clacker (n.) One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill..
Ophiophagus :: Ophiophagus (n.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes..
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
Chase :: Chase (n.) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats..
Gremial :: Gremial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building..
Clap :: Clap (n.) Gonorrhea.
Illapsing :: Illapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Illaps.
Clap :: Clap (n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
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