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LAPS'ED, pp. Fallen; passed from one proprietor to another by the negligence of ...
LAPSE, n. laps. [L. lapsus, from labor, to slide, to fall.] 1. A sliding, glidin...
LAP'PING, ppr. 1. Wrapping; folding; laying on. 2. Licking; taking into the mout...
LAP'PET, n. [dim. of lap.] A part of a garment or dress that hangs loose.
LAP'PER, n. 1. One that laps; one that wraps or folds. 2. One that takes up with...
LAP'PED, pp. [See Lap .] Turned or folded over.
LAPIS, in Latin, a stone. Hence, Lapis Bononiensis, the Bolognian stone. Lapis H...
LAP'IDIST, n. A dealer in precious stones. [See Lapidary .]
LAPID'IFY, v.t. [L. lapis, a stone, and facio, to form.] To form into stone. LAP...
LAPIDIFICA'TION, n. The operation of forming or converting into a stony substanc...
LAPIDIF'IC, a. [L. lapis, a stone, and facio, to make.] Forming or converting in...
LAPIDES'CENT, a. Growing or turning to stone; that has the quality of petrifying...
LAPIDES'CENCE, n. [L. lapidesco, from lapis, a stone.] 1. The process of becomin...
LAPID'EOUS, a. [L. lapideus.] Stony; of the nature of stone; as lapideous matter...
LAPIDA'TION, n. The act of stoning a person to death.
LAP'IDATE, v.t. [L. lapido.] To stone. [Not used.]