Part 6370

<hw>La*od`i*ce"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to <i>Laodicea</i>, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.</def>

<i>Rev. iii. 14-16.</i>

<h1>Lap</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lappe</ets>, AS. <ets>l\'91ppa</ets>; akin to D. <ets>lap</ets> patch, piece, G. <ets>lappen</ets>, OHG. <ets>lappa</ets>, Dan. <ets>lap</ets>, Sw. <ets>lapp</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>If he cuts off but a <b>lap</b> of truth's garment, his heart smites him. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; <as>as, to be reared in the <ex>lap</ex> of luxury</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Men expect that happiness should drop into their <b>laps</b>. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; <as>as, the <ex>lap</ex> of a board</as>; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>lap</i> of shingles or slates in roofing is the distance one course extends over the second course below, the distance over the course immediately below being called the <i>cover</i>.</note>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld> <def>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, <i>lap</i> refers to outside lap. See <cref>Outside lap</cref> (below).</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; <as>as, the second boat got a <ex>lap</ex> of half its length on the leader</as>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; <as>as, to run twenty <ex>laps</ex>; to win by three <ex>laps</ex>. See <er>Lap</er>, to fold, 2.</as></def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Cotton Manuf.)</fld> <def>A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Lap joint</col>, <cd>a joint made by one layer, part, or piece, overlapping another, as in the scarfing of timbers.</cd> -- <col>Lap weld</col>, <cd>a lap joint made by welding together overlapping edges or ends.</cd> -- <col>Inside lap</col> <fld>(Steam Engine)</fld>, <cd>lap of the valve with respect to the exhaust port.</cd> -- <col>Outside lap</col>, <cd>lap with respect to the admission, or steam, port.</cd></cs>

<h1>Lap</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lapped</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lapping</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>lap</b> his head on lady's breast. <i>Praed.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st <er>Lap</er>, 10.</def>

<h1>Lap</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lappen</ets> to fold (see <er>Lap</er>, <tt>n.</tt>); cf. also OE. <ets>wlappen</ets>, perh. another form of <ets>wrappen</ets>, E, <ets>wrap</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; <as>as, to <ex>lap</ex> a piece of cloth</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wrap or wind around something.</def>

<blockquote>About the paper . . . I <b>lapped</b> several times a slender thread of very black silk. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.</def>