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LAPPIN
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English and Irish
English and Irish : probably a hypercorrected form of Lappin.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : nickname for a timid person, from Old French lapin ‘rabbit’.Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Lapin.
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n.
A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
v. t.
To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
n.
A lapping with the tongue.
a.
In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
a.
Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.
n.
The sound of lapping.
n.
The covering or siding of a building, formed of boards lapping over one another, to exclude rain, snow, etc.
n.
The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
v. t.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lap
a.
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
n.
The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
n.
The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.
n.
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
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Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.