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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Lapel :: Lapel (n.) That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar..
Claps :: Claps (v. t.) Variant of Clas.
Illapsable :: Illapsable (a.) Incapable of slipping, or of error..
Claptrap :: Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal..
Collapsing :: Collapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Collaps.
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..
Popularity :: Popularity (n.) Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap..
Supralapsary :: Supralapsarianism (n.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians..
Inlapidate :: Inlapidate (v. t.) To convert into a stony substance; to petrity.
Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.
Welt :: Welt (n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed..
Talapoin :: Talapoin (n.) A small African monkey (Cercopithecus, / Miopithecus, talapoin) -- called also melarhine..
Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
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..
Slape :: Slape (a.) Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
Imparisyllabic :: Imparisyllabic (a.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis..
Water Dock :: Water dock () A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is R. Hydrolapathum..
Piewipe :: Piewipe (n.) The lapwing, or pewit..
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..
Azure :: Azure (n.) The lapis lazuli.
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