Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lapping"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Lapping
of water like a dog, i.e., by putting the hand filled with water
to the mouth. The dog drinks by shaping the end of his long thin
tongue into the form of a spoon, thus rapidly lifting up water,
which he throws into his mouth. The three hundred men that went
with Gideon thus employed their hands and lapped the water out
of their hands (Judg. 7:7).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lap \Lap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lapping}.]
1. To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
To lap his head on lady's breast. --Praed.
2. To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc.
See 1st {Lap}, 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lapping \Lap"ping\, n.
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico
printers. --Ure.
{Lapping engine}, {Lapping machine} (Textile Manuf.), A
machine for forming fiber info a lap. See its {Lap}, 9.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lapping
n : covering with a design in which one element covers a part of
another (as with tiles or shingles) [syn: {imbrication},
{overlapping}]
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