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<blockquote>Her garment spreads, and <b>laps</b> him in the folds. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; <as>as, to <ex>lap</ex> one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; <as>as, to <ex>lap</ex> weather-boards</as></as>; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); <as>as, the hinder boat <ex>lapped</ex> the foremost one</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Carding & Spinning)</fld> <def>To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>To lap boards</col>, <col>shingles</col>, etc.</mcol>, <cd>to lay one partly over another.</cd> -- <col>To lap timbers</col>, <cd>to unite them in such a way as to preserve the same breadth and depth throughout, as by scarfing.</cd>

<i>Weale.</i> </cs>

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

<hw>Lap</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; <as>as, the cloth <ex>laps</ex> back; the boats <ex>lap</ex>; the edges <ex>lap</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, where they <b>lap</b> over, transparent, like the wing of a flay. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Lap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>lappen</ets>, <ets>lapen</ets>, AS. <ets>lapian</ets>; akin to LG. <ets>lappen</ets>, OHG. <ets>laffan</ets>, Icel. <ets>lepja</ets>, Dan. <ets>lade</ets>, Sw. <ets>l\'84ppja</ets>, L. <ets>lambere</ets>; cf. Gr. <?/, W. <ets>llepio</ets>. Cf. <er>Lambent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.</def>

<blockquote>The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, <b>lap</b> hastily as they run along the shore. <i>Sir K. Digby.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.</def>

<blockquote>I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water <b>lapping</b> on the crag. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Lap</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.</def>

<blockquote>They 'II take suggestion as a cat <b>laps</b> milk. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Lap</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; <as>as, to take anything into the mouth with a <ex>lap</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sound of lapping.</def>

<h1>Laparocele</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap"a*ro*cele`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ loins + <?/ tumor.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.</def>

<h1>Laparotomy</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap`a*rot"o*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ loins + <?/ to cut.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the C\'91sarean section.</def>

<h1>Lapboard</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.</def>

<h1>Lapdog</h1> <Xpage=829>

<hw>Lap"dog`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small dog fondled in the lap.</def>

<h1>Lapel</h1> <Xpage=829>