Rape

n. [ Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch. ] One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. râpe a grape stalk. ] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to rap to snatch, but confused with L. rapere. See Rap to snatch. ] 1. The act of seizing and carrying away by force; violent seizure; robbery. [ 1913 Webster ]

And ruined orphans of thy rapes complain. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Sexual connection with a woman without her consent. See Age of consent, under Consent, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is snatched away. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where now are all my hopes? O, never more
Shall they revive! nor death her rapes restore. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Movement, as in snatching; haste; hurry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Fig., Colloq.) An action causing results harmful to a person or thing; as, the rape of the land by mining companies. [ PJC ]

v. t. 1. To commit rape upon; to ravish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fig., Colloq.) To perform an action causing results harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5. [ PJC ]

To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To rob; to pillage. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]