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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>For which, if be <b>lapsed</b> in this place, I shall pay dear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lapsed</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lapsed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.</def>

<blockquote>Once more I will renew His <b>lapsed</b> powers, though forfeit. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; <as>as, a <ex>lapsed</ex> policy of insurance; a <ex>lapsed</ex> legacy.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Lapsed devise</col>, <col>Lapsed legacy</col></mcol> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a devise, or legacy, which fails to take effect in consequence of the death of the devisee, or legatee, before that of the testator, or for ether cause.</cd></cs>

<i>Wharton (Law Dict.). </i>

<h1>Lapsible</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Laps"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable to lapse.</def>

<h1>Lapsided</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lap"sid`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Lopsided</er>.</def>

<h1>Lapstone</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lap"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.</def>

<h1>Lapstreak, Lapstrake</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw><hw>Lap"streak`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Lap"strake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.</def>

<h1>Laputan</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>La*pu"tan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in <i>Gulliver's Travels</i> as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.</def> "<i>Laputan</i> ideas."

<i>G. Eliot.</i>

<h1>Lap-welded</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lap"-weld`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt> <def>Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; <as>as, a <ex>lap-welded</ex> pipe</as>.</def>

<h1>Lapwing</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lap"wing`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE.<ets>lapwynke</ets>, <ets>leepwynke</ets>, AS. <ets>hle\'a0pewince</ets>; <ets>hle\'a0pan</ets> to leap, jump + (prob.) a word akin to AS. <ets>wincian</ets> to wink, E. <ets>wink</ets>, AS. <ets>wancol</ets> wavering; cf. G. <ets>wanken</ets> to stagger, waver. See <er>Leap</er>, and <er>Wink</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small European bird of the Plover family (<spn>Vanellus cristatus</spn>, or <spn>V. vanellus</spn>). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also <altname>peewit</altname>, <altname>dastard plover</altname>, and <altname>wype</altname>. The <stype>gray lapwing</stype> is the <spn>Squatarola cinerea</spn>.</def>

<h1>Lapwork</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lap"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Work in which one part laps over another.</def>

<i>Grew.</i>

<h1>Laguay</h1> <Xpage=830>

<hw>Lag"uay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lackey.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>