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Look up: Lap

  1. LAP
    LISP Assembly Program. The assembly language embedded into early Lisp. LAP was also used by the Liar compiler for MIT Scheme and MACLISP. [Sammet 1969, p. 597]. (1994-11-01)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/LAP

  2. lap
    A general term used to designate wide sheets of loosely matted cotton, formed on such textile machines as the BREAKER PICKER, FINISHER PICKER, RIBBON LAPPER, and SLIVER LAPPER.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. lap
    [n] - an area of control or responsibility 2. [n] - the upper side of the thighs of a seated person 3. [n] - the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs 4. [n] - a flap that lies over another part 5. [n] - movement once around a course 6. [v] - lie partly over o...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. LAP
    Linux Application Platform
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. LAP
    Link Access Protocol, typically designation of the link layer protocol in a LAN, WAN, or mobile network.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  6. Lap
    A tool made of soft metal and charged with fine abrasives for precision finishing of metal surfaces.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  7. LAP
    Local Area Plan
    Found on http://www.kirklees-ednet.org.uk/kirklee

  8. Lap
    Slight overlapping of two printed colours to ensure there is no fault in registration. More commonly referred to as Trap, Trapping.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  9. LAP
    Link Access Protocol.
    Found on http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowme

  10. Lap
    A thick sheet of fibres.
    Found on http://www.weaverstriangle.co.uk/history

  11. lap
    (1) (General) A sheet of fibres or cloth wrapped round a core with specific applications in different sections of the industry, e.g. ,sheets of fibre wound on rollers or round endless aprons to facilitate transfer from one process to the next; (2) (Flax) An arrangement of the fibre strands in scutch...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Lap
    To extend one material partially over another; also, the distance so extended.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  13. Lap
    Lap noun [ Middle English lappe , Anglo-Saxon læppa ; akin to Dutch lap patch, piece, German lappen , Old High German lappa , Danish lap , Swedish lapp .] 1. The loose part of a coat; the lowe...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  14. Lap
    Lap transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lapped ; present participle & verbal noun Lapping .] 1. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. « To lap his he...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  15. Lap
    Lap transitive verb [ Middle English lappen to fold (see Lap , noun ); confer also Middle English wlappen , perhaps another form of wrappen , E, wrap .] 1. To fold; to bend and lay ove...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  16. Lap
    Lap intransitive verb To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap ; the edges lap . « The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends, whe...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  17. Lap
    Lap intransitive verb [ Middle English lappen , lapen , Anglo-Saxon lapian ; akin to LG. lappen , Old High German laffan , Icelandic lepja , Danish lade , Swedish läppja , Latin lambere...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  18. Lap
    Lap transitive verb To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue. « They 'II take suggestion as a cat laps milk.» Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  19. Lap
    Lap noun 1. The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap . 2. The sound of lapping.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/13

  20. lap
    1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. ... 2. An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. 'If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him.' (Fuller) ... 3. The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits d...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  21. lap
    overlap noun a flap that lies over another part; `the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. lap
    noun the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; `he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. lap
    noun an area of control or responsibility; `the job fell right in my lap`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  24. lap
    swish verb move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; `The bubbles swoshed around in the glass`; `The curtain swooshed open`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  25. lap
    lap up verb take up with the tongue; `The cat lapped up the milk`; `the cub licked the milk from its mother`s breast`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web



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12 February 2012

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