Definition of lap

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Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..

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Clape :: Clape (n.) A bird; the flicker.
Slapped :: Slapped (imp. & p. p.) of Sla.
Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. i.) To become stone or stony.
Lapidation :: Lapidation (n.) The act of stoning.
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Sublate :: Sublapsary (a.) Sublapsarian.
Flap :: Flap (v.) A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter..
Lapelled :: Lapelled (a.) Furnished with lapels.
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
Pewit :: Pewit (n.) The lapwing.
Floppy :: Floppy (n.) Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim..
Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..
Shellapple :: Shellapple (n.) See Sheldafle.
Elapine :: Elapine (a.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidae, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia..
Imbrication :: Imbrication (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure..
Ultramarine :: Ultramarine (n.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively..
Laparotomy :: Laparotomy (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section..
Overlap :: Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof..
Swap :: Swap (v. t.) To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap..
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