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▪ I. † ˈraping, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[f. rape v.2]
1. Her. Of animals: Devouring or tearing prey.
1660J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xv. 179 Lyons Bears, Wolves and other Beasts of ravening kind, when they are borne in Armes feeding, you must term them in Blazon, Raping, and tell whereon.
2. Transporting, ravishing.
1613–6W. Browne Brit. Past. i. iv. 69 O, had I Virgil's verse or Tullie's tongue, Or raping numbers like the Thracian's Song! Ibid. v. 94 Raping notes.
▪ II. ˈraping, vbl. n.
[f. rape v.2]
The action of the vb.; rape, ravishment.
1961Life 15 Dec. 33 Presently the well-armed members of the Force Publique..erupted in mutiny, rioting, raping and looting. 1972Daily Tel. 3 Nov. 19/8 The raping of a 14-year-old Girl Guide at Totton, Hants, last May..led to jail sentences being imposed on three Hells Angels. |