单词 | lapping |
释义 | lappingn.1 The action of lap v.1 in various senses. 1. Taking up liquid with the tongue. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > lapping lapping?a1400 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3236 Alle fore lapynge of blude of my lele knyghtez. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 287/2 Lappynge of howndys, lambitus. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lappement, a lapping, or licking vp. 2. Of water: Breaking gently against a solid body. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > lapping lapsing1820 lapping1855 lap-lap1871 lap1884 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > breaking or dashing > breaking lightly or lapping lapping1855 lipping1867 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha iii. 41 The little Hiawatha..Heard the lapping of the water. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lapping, the undulations occasioned in the waves by the paddle-wheels of a steam-boat. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter III. 19 The gentle lapping of summer waves upon the pebbly beach. 1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 392/2 The gentle lapping of the wavelets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2018). lappingn.2 The action of lap v.2 in various senses. a. The action of wrapping up in something; in quots. concrete. A wrapping; trappings, wraps. Thesaurus » b. Folding (in the arms); embracing; also caressing, fondling. c. Winding up (of a matter). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > bringing to a conclusion endingc1000 determination1483 lapping1549 winding up1560 closure1594 perioding1659 clausure1670 close out1887 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > coming or bringing to an end > bringing to an end termininga1425 termination1514 lapping1549 closing1580 closure1594 solution1655 perioding1659 clausure1670 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 28 Þou reftist him al þe lappinge of pride and ipocrisie. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 515/2 Wappynge, happynge or hyllynge (S. lappynge). c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 476 So luffly, so lykyng with lapping in armys. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Ni Ther is not a more comfortable lesson in al the scripture, then heare nowe in the lappynge vp of the matter. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxi. sig. O2v The loving part in her, wanted an obiect: so play, and lapping on it [sc. her dog], made her place it there. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. i. 2 As those casual lappings and flowing streamers were imitated from nothing. d. concrete. (See quot. 1858.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap whittlec900 labey1497 linsel1594 wrapping1635 wrapper1782 wrap1827 wrappage1833 lapping1858 wrappering1862 throw-over1891 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping wrapping1387 fardela1425 wrapc1460 wrapperc1460 fold1497 out-band1621 wrappery1662 embalment1697 emballage1714 woolding1729 enwrapment1753 wrappage1827 lapping1858 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Lapping, a kind of machine blanket or wrapping material, used by calico-printers, &c., and made either plain, twilled, or fine. 2. The action of causing one thing to lap over another; the condition of being so placed. Also concrete the part that laps over. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > partially riding?a1425 lapping1607 overlapping1802 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 173 Which indeede importes a lapping or folding ouer of the outmost legge ouer the inmost. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 67 Two Boards are thus lapped on the edges over one another, this lapping over is called Rabbetting. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 146 Gain..is..us'd for the lapping of the end of the Joyst, &c. upon a Trimmer or Girder. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) In the polar seas, lapping applies to the young or thin ice, one plate overlapping another. 3. The process of forming into laps; attributive in lapping cylinder, lapping machine (cf. lap n.3 Compounds 1). ΚΠ 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 381 The doffing-plate continually strips the doffer cylinder of the carded cotton, which it delivers upon the lapping cylinder in one continuous web of about 18 inches wide. 1851 L. D. B. Gordon in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. p. iv**/1 The web of cleaned cotton..is passed through a lapping machine. Draft additions 1997 4. Commerce. A method of embezzlement in which credit for money received is entered in an account but the money itself is withheld, the discrepancy being covered by not issuing receipts for money subsequently paid in to the account. Cf. teeming and lading at teeming n.2 Phrases. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] theft688 stalec950 stealc1200 stoutha1300 stealing13.. stealtha1325 lifting1362 briberya1387 stoutheriec1440 larcenya1475 larcerya1500 conveyancea1529 thieving1530 bribing1533 larcinc1535 embezzling1540 embezzlement1548 thiefdom?1549 theftdom1566 bribering1567 milling1567 thievery1568 larcinry1634 panyarring1703 abduction1766 smugging1825 pickup1846 lurking1851 make1860 tea-leafing1899 snitching1933 lapping1950 1950 J. K. Lasser How to run Small Business iii. 40 Make certain that lapping (the holding back of funds despite entry in the receipt records) is not possible. 1952 J. J. W. Neuner in J. K. Lasser Executive Course in Business Managem. xvii. 625 The use of an accounts-receivable ledger control account..acts as a means of safeguarding cash received from customers and reduces the possibility of ‘lapping’. 1970 ‘R. Lewis’ Wolf by Ears iii. 137 The technical terms are..‘kiting’ and ‘lapping’. Money is transferred between two accounts, recording the receipt prior to the balancing date and the payment after the balancing date. 1977 Washington Post 4 Jan. a8/5 According to the Agriculture Department, most of the at least $294,000 in owed funds in which no criminal charges are pending involves ‘lapping’. 1990 L. H. Brine Rock & Hard Place ix. 171 Collins Transport had fallen victim to a common fraud scheme known as lapping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). lappingn.3 a. The action or process of grinding or polishing on a ‘lap’. Also attributive, as lapping machine, lapping plate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > other tools or equipment filinga1398 shovellingc1440 stamp1598 routing1846 stropping1850 beetling1859 screwdriving1864 lapping machine1877 lapping plate1877 side milling1878 broaching1888 hobbing1930 the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > making reflective or lustrous glossing1875 lapping1877 1877 G. E. Gee Pract. Gold-worker 178 Lapping..is a distinct process of finishing jewellery. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 350/2 ‘Lapping’..consists in grinding small facets such as those cut on a diamond to bring up its lustre, and which are cut on the gold for the same reason. 1886 Ld. Walsingham & R. Payne-Gallwey Shooting (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) I. iv. 69 A barrel..undergoes three distinct stages, viz.: rough-boring; fine-boring; and polishing or lapping. 1907 J. V. Woodworth Grinding & Lapping ii. 65 (caption) Flat cast iron lapping plate. 1907 J. V. Woodworth Grinding & Lapping ii. 68 For lapping small thread gages a lapping machine was constructed. 1935 H. J. Davies Precision Workshop Methods xiii. 242 The general effect produced by lapping is to remove the crests of a ground surface down to the bases of the intervening hollows. 1950 C. R. Hine Machine Tools for Engineers xii. 241 Rough lapping may remove as much as 0·003 in., and finish-lapping as little as 0·0001 in... Commercial lapping operations can produce parts to limits of 0·000025 in. 1950 W. Cooper in A. W. Judge Grinding, Lapping & Polishing II. vi. 201 The Newall 10U Universal Lapping Machine..is a type employed..for lapping anvils and parts of gauges and the locating rollers of their jig~borers and measuring machines. 1971 B. Scharf Engin. & its Lang. x. 94 Lapping is regularly used in order to finish gear teeth, plug gauges,..straight surfaces, etc. b. lapping in n. the action of grinding in a valve (see grind v.1 5b). ΚΠ 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 12 Oct. 6/1 (advt.) The quick-seating feature of ‘Burd's’ Piston Rings enables them to be perfectly and quickly fitted to the engine wall. No slow, laborious ‘lapping-in’ is necessary. 1950 W. Cooper in A. W. Judge Grinding, Lapping & Polishing II. vi. 188 It has long been recognized by bearing and lubrication engineers that the ‘lapping-in’ method of bearing conditioning, by abrasive means, is the only sure and certain way to obtain best bearing performance and life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2021). lappingadj.1 1. That laps or takes up liquid with the tongue. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > lapping lappinga1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. i. 1102 Kynde ordeigneþ wiseliche in houndes and in oþre lapynge bestes tendre tonge longe and pliaunt. 2. Of water, waves: Breaking gently on the shore, etc.; plashing softly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adjective] > lapping lapping1862 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > breaking > lapping lapping1862 1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 355 This Aphrodite stepping on shore from the lapping waters was instantly recognized as superlatively beautiful. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxvii. 454 The yacht..was cutting her placid way through the lapping waves. 1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. xvii Where lapping Liris pours His current on Marica's shores. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2020). lappingadj.2 In senses of the verb. ΚΠ 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 195 He Soddereth the Lapping-sheet down to the other. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 215 To spread out the web as it is drawn over it by the rotation of the lapping roller. 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 222 The lapping wire was destroyed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1?a1400n.2c1380n.31877adj.1a1398adj.21703 |
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