Definition of lap

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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..

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Beclap :: Beclap (v. t.) To catch; to grasp; to insnare.
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To knock, as at a door..
Flapped :: Flapped (imp. & p. p.) of Fla.
Lapsided :: Lapsided (a.) See Lopsided.
Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..
Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..
Afterclap :: Afterclap (n.) An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
Jalap :: "Jalap (n.) The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipomoea purga (or Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory. The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers, are well known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa..
Piewipe :: Piewipe (n.) The lapwing, or pewit..
Supraloral :: Supralapsary (n.) A Supralapsarian.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper..
Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.
Dilapidator :: Dilapidator (n.) One who causes dilapidation.
Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..
Flap :: Flap (n.) To beat with a flap; to strike.
Lobe :: Lobe (n.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot..
Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Obvoluted :: Obvoluted (a.) Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..
Tewhit :: Tewhit (n.) The lapwing; -- called also teewheep.
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