Lap

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LAP, v.1 and sb.1 Sc. Lakel. Yks. Lan. Chs. Midl. Nhp.
Shr. e.An. Sus. Hmp. Som. Cor. Also in forms laep
Abd.; laip Abd. Lth. (Jam.) e.Lan.1; lape w.Yks.2 Nhp.1
Shr.1; lappy Cor.1 Cor.2; lawp Chs.1 s.Chs.1; lep, lepp Or.I. Sh.&Ork.1
Lakel.2 [lap, lēp, lep.] 1. v. To sup or lick up
liquid with the tongue, like an animal. Also used fig.
Or.I. Paety Toral (1880) l. 117, in Ellis Pronunc. (1885) V. 795.
Sh.&Ork.1 Abd. The red low laipin' up a' green thing, Shelley
Flowers (1868) 210. Lakel.2 Lep it up. w.Yks.1, e.Lan.1 Midl.
Though awful fond o' lappin' hissen ─ one as hated moore to see
anybody drinkin' at his scoore, Bartram People of Clopton (1897)
160. Nhp.1 Also often used to a child who is tasting, first one
liquid and then another. ‘What do you go laping about so for?’
Shr.1, Cor.1 Cor.2
Hence (1) Lapped, pp. in phr. (1) lapped over tongue, tasted,
drunk; (2) Lappings, sb. pl. droppings or slobberings
from the mouth of an animal.
(1) Shr.1 It's as good drink as iver wuz lapped o'er tongue. (2)
Edb. What I deemed the sweets that sprung Frae Jeanie's honey
mou', Were lappings frae the lang rough tongue O' auld Tam Tamson's
cow! Maclagan Poems (1851) 221.
2. To eat clumsily or greedily with a spoon.
Chs.1 Manch. City News (Feb. 26, 1880). s.Chs.1 Ahy rae·li wŭz
ŭshee·md tŭ sey aay ée lau·pt dhŭ spóon-mee·t in·tŭ im [I räly was
ashamed to sey haï he lawped the spoon-meat into him].
3. sb. A drink; that which can be licked up with the tongue.
Abd. The doggies gang to the mill... An' tak... a lick o' the
mutur an' a laep o' the dam, Paul Abd. (1881) 123. Lakel.2 He
likes his lep.
4. The noise of water among stones, esp. in phr. the dead
lap of the sea.
Sh.I. Dey swittle an lap i da fardest caves, Junda Klingrahool
(1898) 14. Abd. In some districts a certain sound given by the
sea, when a storm is brooding, is known as the ‘deid lapp o' the
sea,’ and is believed to foretell disaster, Abd. Wkly. Free Press
(Oct. 29, 1898).
5. Any weak, thin beverage; anything disagreeable to
eat or drink.
e.An.1 Thin broth or porridge; weak tea, &c. ‘Poor lap!’
e.Suf. (F.H.) Nrf., Sus., Hmp. Holloway. w.Som.1 Call this
here tay! I calls it lap. Cor.1 I don't like such cold lap; Cor.2
6. A plash, a sort of pool; a place where water stands.
Lth. (Jam.)

LAP, v.2 and sb.2 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also written lapp Sc. (Jam.) Sh.&Ork.1 Wm. w.Yks.; and
in form lep n.Cy. Lakel.2 Cum.1 Cum.4 Wm. w.Yks. [lap, lep.]
1. v. To wrap up, to enfold, cover over, envelope; to
wrap round; with up: to bury.
Cld. In splicing a fishing-rod, the thread or cord is lapped round
(Jam.). Dmf. I wad lap me up rich i' the faulds o' luve, Cromek
Remains (1810) 20. Ir. Lapt out of sight behind him amid the grey
web of the rain-mists, Barlow Lisconnel (1895) 48; Lapt up in a
mist like an' dim, Barlow Bogland (1892) 68, ed. 1893. N.I.1, N.Cy.1
Nhb. The bandage still lap'd round his head, Proudlock Borderland
Muse (1896) 178. Dur. [The Lambton Worm] continued to increase
in length until it could ‘lap’ itself three times round the hill,
Bishoprick Garl. (1834) 24; Dur.1, e.Dur.1, s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Lakel.2
Cum. Helvellyn laps Dark cloods aroond it' heid, Richardson Talk
(1876) 2nd S. 15. Wm. They lept strea round ther legs for gaiters,
Lonsdale Mag. (1821) II. 90. s.Wm. (J.A.B.) n.Yks.4 Ah'll lap a bit
o' clowt roond it, an' it'll be all reet. ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. Lap it up,
an put it away, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 69; (Miss A.); e.Yks.1
w.Yks. Let me lap some eeated claats Abaht thee throit an chist,
Preston Poems (1864) 20; w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3 Lan. Reet, Tummas, keep
thysel' weel lapt up, Francis Frieze (1895) 290; O' bunch o' stre
lapt obewt him, Paul Bobbin Sequel (1819) 8. n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1,
m.Lan.1, s.Lan. (S.W.) Chs.1 Lap thi flannel petticoat reawnd
thi yed. s.Stf. Her fetched a hankecher to lap it in, Pinnock
Blk. Cy. Ann. (1895). Der.2, nw.Der.1, Not. (L.C.M.), Not.1
s.Not. Lap yersens up well, it's very coa'd to-night (J.P.K.).
n.Lin.1 Lap them tacks e' a newspaaper an' put 'em e' th' chist.
When I am deäd you mun lap me up beside th' foot trod e' th'
chech-yard among my forelders. sw.Lin.1 I lapp'd it in cabbage
leaves. Mind you lap up well. Rut.1 You don't lap yourself up
eneugh about the neck. Lei.1 Nhp. She listened and lapped up
her arms in her gown, Clare Poems (1821) 146; Nhp.1 Lap yourself
up well before you go out. Lap the parcel in a bit o' paper.
War.2 War.3; War.4 We'll lap it up, and keep the cold out on it. Wor.
'E 'as to lap 'isself up well, Outis Vig. Mon. w.Wor.1, s.Wor.1,
se.Wor.1 Shr. She had nothing to lap 'em in, Burne Flk-Lore
(1883) xxxiv; Shr.1 Fatch my ŏŏllen shawl to lap round the child
─ it'll be starved gweï'n o'er the 'ill, fur it's a mighty cowd night.
Hrf.2 Glo. Be sure and lap it [the baby] up warm (A.B.). Oxf.1
w.Som.1 I thort I wid'n lost'n, zo I lap 'm up careful like, in my
hangkecher.
Hence phr. (1) to lap up anything well, to express
nicely or politely; (2) to be lapped up in, to be much
enamoured of a person, to be so fond of a person as to be
blind to his failings.
(1) s.Chs.1 Oo·, ey)z ŭ strey·t-for·ŭt mon, iz Tùm; wotey·ŭr
kùmz in iz yed ey aayt widh it, ŭn dù)nŭ mahynd nóo·bdi; ey
dù)nŭ laap· it ùp non, need·hŭr [Oh, hey's a streight-for'ut mon, is
Tum; whatever comes in his yed hey aït with it, an' dunna mind
noob'dy; hey dunna lap it up none, neither]. s.Stf. He do' blurt
it out like me ─ he con lap it up well, Pinnock Blk. Cy. Ann.
(1895). (2) Cum. Lap't up in his bit worthless sel', Richardson
Talk (1876) 160. n.Yks. Ha yon oad woman iz fond o' yon rake
ov a lad; sha's fairly lapt up in him. He can hardly du owt
wrang for her (W.H.). w.Yks. Both wor lapt up in a dowter 'at
wor worthy o' all t'love 'at they felt for her, Yksman. (1880) 85.
Not.1 Lei.1 A een't noo friend to the poor; ah bean't no-ways
lapped up in 'im. Nhp.1 Mrs. S. is so lapped up in her new friend,
she can do nothing wrong. War.3 Common. Glo.1 He was quite
lapped up in him. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
2. Fig. with up: to hush up or conceal a misdeed, &c.
n.Yks. (I.W.) e.Yks.1 Tom gat his leg ower thraces [committed
an offence] bud it's been lapp'd-up. n.Lin.1 ‘He's lapp'd it up very
snug for a long while, bud all them as reäds newspaapers hes
getten to knaw on his goins on at last.’ ‘He was as near as near,
an' as awk'ard as a grund toäd, bud his wife was a real nist
woman, an' soä you see she lapp'd him up a bit,’ that is, her virtues
in part concealed his faults.
3. To patch, mend, cover with a patch. Sh.&Ork.1, Cld.
(Jam.) 4. With down: to cover.
sw.Lin.1 They want straw so bad to lap down the stacks.
5. To fold up; to fold, roll up.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Cum.3 We ken 'at gud stuff Laps up i' lāl
bundles, 38. Wm. Efter he'd keearfully lapt up his dibs, Spec.
Dial. (1877) pt. i. 44. w.Yks. (W.H.S.); Hutton Tour to Caves
(1781). Nhp.1 Lap up the table cloth. Shr.1 'Ere, lap that
'ankercher up afore yo' pŭtten it away.
6. With up: to finish, make an end of, bring to a conclusion;
to leave off work, &c.
N.Cy.1 Nhb. When he'd preached half an hour an' mair, Come!
thinks aa, it's time for him to lap-up (R.O.H.). Dur.1, Cum.4
n.Yks. Lap up, and leave (I.W.); n.Yks.1 It's about over'd for
to-day. Ah may as well lap oop. ‘Lap oop, man, lap oop,’ hold
your tongue, say no more; n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Ah think Willie's
varry seean lapp'd up wi t'job. It's aboot tahm ti lap up. e.Yks.1
Ahn't yă boon tĭ lap-up fo' neet? w.Yks. Afoare Ah lap up fer
this wik, Yks. Wkly. Post (Dec. 7, 1895); w.Yks.1 It's time for
me to lap up, ii. 289. ne.Lan.1 Chs.3 It's welly toime to lap up.
n.Lin.1 A business is said to be lapped up when it is quite finished.
‘I've gotten th' will prov'd an' th' legacies paaid, an' all th' ohd
man's affairs lapt up an' dun wi'.’
Hence Lapping-up, sb. the end, conclusion, finish.
w.Yks. ‘Mr. Wilkins, yo've forgotten ta menshen t'ladies e
yore repooart a this meetin.’ ‘Noan soa, Mr. Chairman; if yo
look at t'lappin-up on it yol see,’ Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla
Ann. (1896) 9; T'lappin up ov it wer at ah sooin fan mesen at
Bairnsla Railway Stashan, TOM TREDDLEHOYLE Bairnsla Ann. (1892) 5. Lin. We shall hev snaw
afoore th' lappin' up on it [before the end of the present cold
weather], Lin. N. & Q. (July 1890).
7. With up: to sum up, conclude.
w.Yks.2 And to lap it up. Lap it up, and keep it to thysen;
don't tell everybody!
8. To put up whole pieces of white linen in rolls, ready
to be sent abroad. Ant. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
9. To roll up grass or hay.
Ir. We'd get this hay lapp'd in half the time, Carleton Fardorougha
(1848) iii. N.I.1 They lap it from the swathe. n.Yks.
One person made a row with a rake, the other shoved the hay with
his feet until he had got sufficient; then shook it up, and taking it in
his arms lapped it up in a round form, then set it on the ground
(W.H.).
10. With over: to overlap, flow over. Also used fig.
Ir. Afore it lapt o'er on the beach, Barlow Bogland (1892) 4,
ed. 1893. Lin. I remarked to a labourer that ‘we were getting
more than our share of wet just now.’ He replied, ‘Yes, I think
it has rather lapped over lately,’ meaning that like froth over
the edge or rim of a jug of beer, it had folded or wrapped over
(J.C.W.).
11. To cut or polish cutlery, &c.
w.Yks. Sum glazin, sum buffin, sum groindin, sum lappin,
Bywater Sheffield Dial. (1839) 150; Wa, then, they're lapt, BYWATER Sheffield Dial.
52, ed. 1877.
12. sb. A wrap or covering; a wrapper or roll round.
Cld. Tak' the string anither lap roun' (Jam.). Wm. Last time
I met with thee, Thou hardly had a lapp to swedle thee,
Brathwait Mushrome (1615) 129. Lei.1 Yo'll want all your laps
to-noight.
13. A patch or covering put on for the purpose of mending.
Sh.I. (Jam.); Sh.&Ork.1 A patch of wood for mending a boat's
board when split. Cld. (Jam.)
14. A flap, fold. Also used fig.
Dmf. Bluidie was the braid saddle lap, Cromek Remains (1810)
24. Kcb. To draw by the lap of time's curtain, and to look in,
through the window, Rutherford Lett. (1660) No. 77. Cum.
Yonder a fella eaten saddle-laps, Willy Wattle (1870) 4.
15. A fold in cloth or paper.
w.Yks. (J.W.) Chs.1 Weavers make frequent use of the word.
‘I tried my cutt, and my cutt mark is only ten laps uppo yorn
beam; I shan finish it by noon.’
16. A ‘leaf’ or fold of a table, clothes-horse, &c. Yks.
(J.W.), Chs.1, Lei.1
Hence Lapped, adj. having a ‘leaf’ or fold.
Lei.1 A three-lapped clothes' horse.
17. The end of a piece of cloth, which in weaving ‘laps’
round the low beam. w.Yks.3
18. The lobe of the ear, esp. in phr. lap o' the lug.
Sh.I. Tak' ye da lap o' my lug an' Arty o' Uphoos repents na
his ill hertidness ta Willie Ridlan', Sh. News (Aug. 21, 1897);
Sh.&Ork.1
19. The lapel of a coat or waistcoat.
Sh.I. I stikkid de needle i' da lapp o' me waeskit, Sh. News
(Aug. 5, 1899).
20. A small roll or cock of grass, cut for hay; gen. in
comp. Lap-cock.
Ir. Put that hay in lapcocks, Carleton Fardorougha (1836) 39;
The grass first mown is dexterously wrapped together with the
hands and one foot into lap-cocks, which seem like bundles of
green cloth turned upon their mouths, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed.
1849) II. 237. N.I.1 Yks. A small cock of hay of which the edges
are tucked under the middle (H.W.); (W.H.S.) n.Yks. (I.W.);
n.Yks.4 A small bundle of hay twisted in the arms and laid to dry.
ne.Yks.1 A ‘fold’ of hay twisted in the arms and laid lightly on
the ground. ‘Wa mun a'e wer haay inti lapcock.’ m.Yks.1 Hay is
in lapcock over a field when in small heaps. w.Yks. He could
make the cock, called locally the lap-cock, Life Peter Barker
(1876) 5.
21. A bundle or truss of hay or straw.
Lakel.2 Cum. 30 leps of oat straw, Carlisle Jrn. (Jan. 10, 1899);
(J.Ar.); Cum.1; Cum.4 ‘A lap of hay was on the mow,’ ‘they did
not make the hay up into laps,’ C. Patr. (Mar. 9, 1894) 3. Wm.
Tak a lep o' streea wi' thi (B.K.). w.Yks. A bundle of straw is
in Craven a ‘wisp,’ and sometimes a ‘lap’ of straw, though the
latter term is more properly applicable to a small bundle, N. & Q.
(1869) 4th S. iii. 368. ne.Lan.1
22. Mining term: the part of a roll or drum where the
rope coils. Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
23. pl. Layers of scrubbled wool. w.Yks. (J.M.)

LAP, v.3 Som. Cor. [læp.] 1. To flog, beat. Som.
(Hall.), Cor.1 Cor.2 2. To throb, as in pain. Cor.2

LAP, v.4 and sb.3 Wor. [lap.] 1. v. To lop off
branches of trees.
(W.C.B.) s.Wor. We must be to lap that withy tree this afternoon
(H.K.). se.Wor.1
2. sb. The lopped-off branches of trees. se.Wor.1

LAP, see Leap, v.

LAP, LAPE, see Leap, sb.1, Leep, v.1

‡LAP, v. Yks. [Not known to our other correspondents.]
To cry. (J.T.)