Definition of lap

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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..

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Tirwit :: Tirwit (n.) The lapwing.
Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..
Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
Sublapsarianism :: Sublapsarian (n. & a.) Same as Infralapsarian.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill..
Mortrew :: Mortrew (n.) A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida..
Lapping :: Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly..
Lapis :: Lapis (n.) A stone.
Lapfuls :: Lapfuls (pl. ) of Lapfu.
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) The clapper of a bell.
Weep :: Weep (n.) The lapwing; the wipe; -- so called from its cry.
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..
Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping; -- said of leaves in vernation.
Dilapidating :: Dilapidating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dilapidat.
Setter :: Setter (v. t.) To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue..
Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
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..
Progression :: Progression (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
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