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verb (used without object) Scot. and North England.
to clabber; curdle.
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Lapper
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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lap2 (læp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | one circuit of a racecourse or track |
| 2. | a stage or part of a journey, race, etc |
| 3. | a. an overlapping part or projection |
| b. the extent of overlap | |
| 4. | the length of material needed to go around an object |
| 5. | a rotating disc coated with fine abrasive for polishing gemstones |
| 6. | any device for holding a fine abrasive to polish materials |
| 7. | metallurgy a defect in rolled metals caused by the folding of a fin onto the surface |
| 8. | a sheet or band of fibres, such as cotton, prepared for further processing |
| —vb , laps, lapping, lapped | |
| 9. | (tr) to wrap or fold (around or over): he lapped a bandage around his wrist |
| 10. | (tr) to enclose or envelop in: he lapped his wrist in a bandage |
| 11. | to place or lie partly or completely over or project beyond |
| 12. | (tr; usually passive) to envelop or surround with comfort, love, etc: lapped in luxury |
| 13. | (intr) to be folded |
| 14. | (tr) to overtake (an opponent) in a race so as to be one or more circuits ahead |
| 15. | (tr) to polish or cut (a workpiece, gemstone, etc) with a fine abrasive, esp to hone (mating metal parts) against each other with an abrasive |
| 16. | to form (fibres) into a sheet or band |
| [C13 (in the sense: to wrap): probably from | |
| 'lapper2 | |
| —n | |
| lap3 (læp) | |
| —vb , laps, lapping, lapped | |
| 1. | (of small waves) to wash against (a shore, boat, etc), usually with light splashing sounds |
| 2. | ( |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act or sound of lapping |
| 4. | a thin food for dogs or other animals |
| [Old English lapian; related to Old High German laffan, Latin lambere, Greek laptein] | |
| 'lapper3 | |
| —n | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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