Lap, lap, s

aloose overhanging flap; the part of a garment that hangs loosely, and lies on the knees when a person sits down; the upper part of the legs between the knees and body when seated; a roll or sliver of cotton, ., for feeding the cards of a spin which ning machine leather,; ., a wooden is secured, disk, used or metal for burnishing wheel, on 402 LARGENESS ] or polishing: v.a. to fold; to bend and lay over or on; to place one thing upon another, so as partially to cover it;to wrap round; to infold: v.n. to be spread or laid; to be turned over (flap). drink by licking; to sound, as if lapping: s. a licking, or the sound of the act (A.S. lapian). ting stones: s. one who cuts precious stones; a dealer in precious stones; one skilled in these or lapidary work. Lapidary style, the style proper for monumental or other inscriptions. (L. lapis, a stone.) ing stone; a stony concretion. fying: s. a substance which petrifies.; Lapidification, la-pid-e-fe-ka -shun, s. the operation of forming or converting into a stony substance. turn into stone (L. lapis, and facio, to make). mino us mineral of a rich blue colour. L. lydius, touch-stone, a variety of silicious slate. L. pumex, pumice-stone. lady's cap oread-dre ores which are are left. slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall orpa from one proprietor to another, by the negligence of the patron, .; to fall from a state of innocence, of truth, faith, or rectitude; to become void [Law].: s. a gliding, flowing, or pa ing gradually, and as if imperceptibly; smooth course; a slip; a fault; a failing in duty; deviation from truth or rectitude; the slip or omi ion of a patron; to present a clerk to a benefice within six months after it becomes void [Eccles.]; the fall or apostasy ofAdam [Theol.] (L. labor, lapsus, to slide down.) ther. Lapsed legacy, a legacy which lapses to the heirs at law from the death of a legatee, or other cause. cestor, and reverenced as guardian of a household (L.) son looking from the stern; port: a. pertaining to the left side of a ship. a robber.) swine; bacon: v.a. to stuff with bacon or pork; to fatten; to smear with lard; to interlard: v.n. to grow fat (Fr.) consisting of lard. kept before it is cooked. extent, or capacity; bulky; abundant; numerous; ample;diffuse; wide; extensive; capacious; comprehensive; liberal; generous. At large, without restraint or confinement; diffusely; fully. (L. largus.) Largely, lärj'-le, ad. to a large extent. Largene , lärj'-nes, s, the state or quality of being large,