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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lap  \Lap\,  v.  t.  [OE.  lappen  to  fold  (see  {Lap},  n.);  cf  also 
  OE  wlappen  perh.  another  form  of  wrappen,  E,  wrap.] 
  1.  To  fold;  to  bend  and  lay  over  or  on  something  as  to  lap 
  a  piece  of  cloth. 
 
  2.  To  wrap  or  wind  around  something 
 
  About  the  paper  .  .  .  I  lapped  several  times  a 
  slender  thread  of  very  black  silk.  --Sir  I. 
  Newton. 
 
  3.  To  infold;  to  hold  as  in  one's  lap;  to  cherish. 
 
  Her  garment  spreads,  and  laps  him  in  the  folds. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  4.  To  lay  or  place  over  anything  so  as  to  partly  or  wholly 
  cover  it  as  to  lap  one  shingle  over  another;  to  lay 
  together  one  partly  over  another;  as  to  lap 
  weather-boards;  also  to  be  partly  over  or  by  the  side  of 
  (something);  as  the  hinder  boat  lapped  the  foremost  one 
 
  5.  (Carding  &  Spinning)  To  lay  together  one  over  another,  as 
  fleeces  or  slivers  for  further  working. 
 
  {To  lap  boards},  {shingles},  etc.,  to  lay  one  partly  over 
  another. 
 
  {To  lap  timbers},  to  unite  them  in  such  a  way  as  to  preserve 
  the  same  breadth  and  depth  throughout,  as  by  scarfing. 
  --Weale. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shingles  \Shin"gles\,  n.  [OF.  cengle  a  girth,  F.  sangle,  fr  L. 
  cingulum  a  girdle,  fr  cingere  to  gird.  Cf  {Cincture}, 
  {Cingle},  {Surcingle}.]  (Med.) 
  A  kind  of  herpes  ({Herpes  zoster})  which  spreads  half  way 
  around  the  body  like  a  girdle,  and  is  usually  attended  with 
  violent  neuralgic  pain. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shingles 
  n  :  eruptions  along  a  nerve  path  often  accompanied  by  severe 
  neuralgia  [syn:  {herpes  zoster},  {zoster}] 




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