clap2 (klap)

[Cf. D. klapoor, a venereal sore.] Gonorrhea. 1027 fe ions are often made by ignorant or irresponsible persons, a quack. [Now only vulgar.] He was the first clap - doctor that I met with in history. Tatler, No. 260. clape (klāp), n. [Origin obscure.] The flicker or golden-winged woodpecker, Colaptes auratus. [Local, U. S.]