2. Adjective. Being one or more laps behind in a race. ¹
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Definition of Lapped
1. lap [v] - See also: lap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lapped
Literary usage of Lapped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakespeare's Library: A Collection of the Plays, Romances, Novels, Poems by William Carew Hazlitt (1875)
"A Merry Jest of a Shrewd and Curst Wife lapped in Morel's Skin, ... It was long
supposed that only two copies of " The Wife lapped in Morels Skin " were ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"spec, lapped, in- duplicate, double, etc. follow, v. Í. 1. accompany (contextual),
attend (contextual); spec, heel, dodge, ..."
3. The Medical and Physical Journal (1814)
"He eagerly lapped milk and water, and readily swallowed it. ... On giving him
water in a shallow dish,he first lapped it eagerly, and then deliberately laid ..."
4. Practical Carpentry: Being a Guide to the Correct Working and Laying Out of by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1883)
"This joint has three varieties: 1st, the common dovetail, where the dovetails
are seen on each side of the angle alternately; 2d, the lapped dovetail, ..."
5. The Manufacture of Alum and the Sulphates and Other Salts of Alumina and Iron by Lucien Geschwind (1901)
"... which fuses and increases the thickness of the joint. FIGS. 165, 166.—Soldered
lapped butt joint in leaden sheets. ' ll ( FIGS. 167, 168. ..."
6. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1860)
"He lapped the milk with avidity, and in less than a minute vomited, got upon his
legs, ran away, and recovered. It must be observed that Mr. Haughton's ..."
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