rap (2), rape, rappe (2), rapyn

t. [Icel. hrapa to fall, to tumble, to rush headlong; hrapadhr =a hurry; cf. Sw.rappa =to snatch; rapp =brisk; Dan. rappe = to make haste; rap =quick, brisk: Ger. raffen to snatch. The pa. par. rapt (= rapped ) was no doubt confused with Lat. rapt us, pa. par. of rapio =to seize.] [RAPT, RAPTURE.] *1. To affect with transport or ecstasy; to transport out of one's self. "What, dear sir, Thus raps you?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline , i. vii. 3354 *2. To snatch; to hurry away. "From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew to Red grave." - Wotton: Remains, p. 322. 3. To seize; to take by force or violence. "What their fathers gave her The sonnes rap'd from her with a violent hand." Mirror for Magistrates , p. 541. *4. To barter, to exchange. *5. To plunder, to rob. "Whanne the i hungren the i rapyn." -Wimble ton: Sermons (1388). To rap and rend, to rape and renne: [Icel. hrapa =to rush, to hurry, to seize; ræna =to plunder, from rán =plunder. The correct form would thus be to rap and ren .] To seize all one can get. A similar phrase is to rap and reave . "All they could rap and rend and pilfer, To scraps and ends of gold and silver." Butler: Hudibras, ii. 2. răp (1), s. [Etym. doubtful.] A lay or skein, containing 120 yards of yarn. răp (2), s. [RAP (1), v.] A smart, quick blow. "Far slower rose th' vnweldie Saracine, And caught a rap ere he was reared upright." Fairfax : Godfrey of Boulogne , xix. 19.