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n. [ L. Aesculapius, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) The god of medicine. Hence, a physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. biclappen. ] To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of Indian antelopes; the nilgais.
Syn. -- genus Boselaphus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc. [ Written also burlaps. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clapped p. pr. & vb. n. Clapping. ] [ AS. clappan; akin to Icel. & Sw. klappa, D, klappen, to clap, prate, G. klaffen, v. i., to split open, yelp, klopfen, v. t. & i., to knock. ] 1. To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then like a bird it sits and sings,
And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had just time to get in and clap to the door. Locke [ 1913 Webster ]

Clap an extinguisher upon your irony. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [ Obs. ] Shak. (b) To express contempt or derision. [ Obs. ] Lam. ii. 15. --
To clap hold of, to seize roughly or quickly. --
To clap up. (a) To imprison hastily or without due formality. (b) To make or contrive hastily. [ Obs. ] “Was ever match clapped up so suddenly?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To knock, as at a door. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike the hands together in applause. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their ladies bid them clap. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come together suddenly with noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

The doors around me clapped. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. [ Obs. ] “Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. “Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Horrible claps of thunder. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow. [ 1913 Webster ]

What, fifty of my followers at a clap! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A striking of hands to express approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unextrected claps or hisses. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Noisy talk; chatter. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clap dish. See Clack dish, under Clack, n. --
Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. clapoir. ] Gonorrhea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stave for a cask. [ Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [ U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A bird; the flicker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who claps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clapper rail (Zool.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clapier. ] A rabbit burrow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a device which synchronizes sound and picture while making a motion picture, consisting of boards held in front of a movie camera, which are are banged together. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Clap + claw. ] 1. To fight and scratch. C. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Variant of Clasp [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trick or device to gain applause, especially pretentious but empty rhetoric; humbug. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Collapsed p. pr. & vb. n. Collapsing ] [ L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse. ] 1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. [ 1913 Webster ]

A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of collapsing or being collapsed; as, a collapsible boat. [ Narrower terms: telescopic; tip-up ] Also See: folded. Antonym: noncollapsible.
Syn. -- collapsable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. collapsio. ] Collapse. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Delapsion. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Delapsed p. pr. & vb. n. Delapsing. ] [ L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side. ] To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dew + lap to lick. ] 1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age. [ Burlesque ] [ 1913 Webster ]

On her withered dewlap pour the ale. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a dewlap. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dilapidated p. pr. & vb. n. Dilapidating ] [ L. dilapidare to scatter like stones; di- = dis- + lapidare to throw stones, fr. lapis a stone. See Lapidary. ] 1. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander. [ 1913 Webster ]

The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect. [ 1913 Webster ]

A deserted and dilapidated buildings. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dilapidatio: cf. F. dilapidation. ] 1. The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tell the people that are relived by the dilapidation of their public estate. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention. [ 1913 Webster ]

The business of dilapidations came on between our bishop and the Archibishop of York. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dilapidateur. ] One who causes dilapidation. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one of two flaps attached to a cap to keep the ears warm. On some hats the earflaps may be adjusted or tied to the top of the hat, and lowered when needed in colder weather.
Syn. -- earlap. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The lobe of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of snakes comprising the Old World and American rat snakes.
Syn. -- genus Elaphe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; stag. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It is about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a venomous snake of the family Elapidae, including the . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of snakes including the cobras, kraits, mambas, the New World coral snakes, and Australian taipan and tiger snakes.
Syn. -- family Elapidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. elapidatus cleared from stones; e out + lapis stone. ] A clearing away of stones. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Elaps. ] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., of uncertain origin. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Elapsed p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing. ] [ L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse. ] To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. Hoole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of elapsing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Æsculapian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Æsculapius. [ 1913 Webster ]