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Lap
Lap Lap, n.
1. The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to
take anything into the mouth with a lap.
2. The sound of lapping.
Lap
Lap Lap, v. i.
To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of
something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the
boats lap; the edges lap.
The upper wings are opacous; at their hinder ends,
where they lap over, transparent, like the wing of a
flay. --Grew.
lap 9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two
bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic
formul[ae] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of
Benzene nucleus, and Valence.
Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration.
Bond crediter (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a
bond. --Blackstone.
Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of
a bond. --Burrows.
Bond (or lap) of a slate, the distance between the top
of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate
above, i. e., the space which is covered with three
thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the
under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.
Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen
it longitudinally.
Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
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