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, where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a flay.
Grew.
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 ; confer Greek ..., W.
llepio . Confer
Lambent .]
1. To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something. The dogs by the River Nilus's side, being thirsty, lap hastily as they run along the shore.
Sir K. Digby. 2. To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue. I heard the ripple washing in the reeds,
And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Tennyson.
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.
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.
Lap-jointed Lap"-joint`ed adjective Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
Lap-welded Lap"-weld`ed adjective Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.
Laparocele Lap"a·ro·cele` noun [ Greek ... loins + ... tumor.]
(Medicine) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
Laparotomy Lap`a·rot"o·my noun [ Greek ... loins +
te`mnein to cut.]
(Surg.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Cæsarean section.
Lapboard Lap"board` noun A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.
Lapdog Lap"dog` noun A small dog fondled in the lap.
Lapel La·pel" noun [ Dim. of
lap a fold.]
That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar. [ Written also
lappel and
lapelle .]
Lapelled La·pelled" adjective Furnished with lapels.
Lapful Lap"ful noun ;
plural Lapfuls As much as the lap can contain.
Lapicide Lap"i·cide noun [ Latin
lapicida , from
lapis stone +
caedere to cut.]
A stonecutter. [ Obsolete]
Lapidarian Lap`i·da"ri·an adjective Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.
Lapidarious Lap`i·da"ri·ous adjective [ Latin
lapidarius , from
lapis ,
-idis , stone.]
Consisting of stones.
Lapidary Lap"i·da·ry noun ;
plural Lapidaries . [ Latin
lapidarius , from
lapidarius pertaining to stone: confer French
lapidaire .]
1. An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones. 2. A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. Lapidary's lathe ,
mill ,
or wheel ,
a machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing.
Lapidary Lap"i·da·ry adjective [ Latin
lapidarius pertaining to stone: confer French
lapidaire .]
1. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation. 2. Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation. Lapidary style ,
that style which is proper for monumental and other inscriptions; terse; sententious.
Lapidate Lap"i·date transitive verb [ Latin
lapidatus , past participle of
lapidare , from
lapis stone.]
To stone. [ Obsolete]
Lapidation Lap`i·da"tion noun [ Latin
lapidatio : confer French
lapidation .]
The act of stoning. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Hall.
Lapideous La·pid"e·ous adjective [ Latin
lapideus , from
lapis stone.]
Of the nature of stone. [ Obsolete]
Ray.
Lapidescence Lap`i·des"cence noun 1. The state or quality of being lapidescent. 2. A hardening into a stone substance. 3. A stony concretion. Sir T. Browne.
Lapidescent Lap`i·des"cent adjective [ Latin
lapidescens , present participle of
lapidescere to become stone, from
lapis ,
-idis , stone: confer French
lapidescent .]
Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
Lapidescent Lap"i·des"cent noun Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
Lapidific, Lapidifical Lap`i·dif"ic, Lap`i·dif"ic·al adjective [ Latin
lapis ,
-idis , stone +
facere to make: confer French
lapidifique .]
Forming or converting into stone.
Lapidification La·pid`i·fi·ca"tion noun [ Confer French
lapidification .]
The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.
Lapidify La·pid"i·fy transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Lapidified ;
present participle & verbal noun Lapidifying .] [ Confer f.
lapidifier . See
Lapidific , and
-fy .]
To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
Lapidify La·pid"i·fy intransitive verb To become stone or stony.
Lapidist Lap"i·dist noun [ Latin
lapis ,
-idis , a stone.]
A lapidary. Ray.
Lapillation Lap"il·la"tion noun [ See
Lapilli .]
The state of being, or the act of making, stony.
Lapilli La·pil"li noun plural [ Latin
lapillus a little stone, dim. of
lapis stone.]
(Min.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.
Lapis La"pis noun ;
plural Lapides . [ Latin ]
A stone. Lapis calaminaris [ New Latin ]
(Min.) Calamine. --
Lapis infernalis [ Latin ]
Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.
Lapis lazuli La"pis laz"u·li (Min.) An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli , which see.
Laplander Lap"land·er noun A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp .
Laplandish Lap"land·ish adjective Of or pertaining to Lapland.
Lapling Lap"ling noun [
Lap of a garment +
ling .]
One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.
Lapp Lapp (lăp)
noun Same as Laplander . Confer Lapps .
Lappaceous Lap·pa"ceous (lăp*pā"shŭs)
adjective [ Latin
lappaceus burlike, from
lappa a bur.]
(Botany) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Lapper Lap"per noun [ From
La p to drink.]
One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.
Lappet Lap"pet noun [ Dim. of
lap a fold.]
A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. Swift. Lappet moth (Zoology) ,
one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species ( Gastropacha Americana , and Tolype velleda ) feed upon the apple tree.
Lappet Lap"pet transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Lappeted ;
present participle & verbal noun Lappeting .]
To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. [ R.]
Landor.
Lappic Lap"pic adjective Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps. --
noun The language of the Lapps. See Lappish .
Lapping Lap"ping noun A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers. Ure. Lapping engine ,
Lapping machine (Textile Manuf.) ,
A machine for forming fiber info a lap. See its Lap , 9.
Lappish Lap"pish adjective Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish. --
noun The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.
Lapponian, Lapponic Lap·po"ni·an, Lap·pon"ic adjective Laplandish; Lappish.
Lapps Lapps noun plural ; sing.
Lapp (Ethnol.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
Lapsable Laps"a·ble adjective Lapsible. Cudworth.
Lapse Lapse noun [ Latin
lapsus , from
labi , past participle
lapsus , to slide, to fall: confer French
laps . See
Sleep .]
1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.
Rambler. Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame.
I. Taylor. 2. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude. To guard against those lapses and failings to which our infirmities daily expose us.
Rogers. 3. (Law) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege. 4. (Theol.) A fall or apostasy.
Lapse Lapse intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Lapsed ;
present participle & verbal noun Lapsing .]
1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. A tendency to lapse into the barbarity of those northern nations from whom we are descended.
Swift. Homer, in his characters of Vulcan and Thersites, has lapsed into the burlesque character.
Addison. 2. To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake. To lapse in fullness
Is sorer than to lie for need.
Shak. 3. (Law) (a) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc. (b) To become ineffectual or void; to fall. If the archbishop shall not fill it up within six months ensuing, it lapses to the king.
Ayliffe.
Lapse Lapse transitive verb 1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's lapsing the term of law.
Ayliffe. 2. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. [ Obsolete]
For which, if be lapsed in this place,
I shall pay dear.
Shak.
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