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unˈlap, v. Now rare.
[un-2 4.]
1. trans. To uncover by withdrawing a cloth or the like. Also refl. and fig.
13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 214 As schorne golde schyr her fax þenne schon. On schylderez þat leghe vnlapped lyȝte. c1440York Myst. xxx. 256 Vnlappe yow belyve wher ye lye. 1656Baxter Reformed Pastor 369 If a cripple do but unlap his sores. 1664Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1806) 441 Satisfied with this, they did not unlap the body. 1809M. Edgeworth Manœuvring xv, The influence of her..prettiness, joined to the power of my mother's irresistible address have almost lapped me in elysium... But..I unlapped myself. 1886–in dial. glossaries, etc. (Yks., Lancs., Chesh.)
2. To unfold; to spread open. Also intr.
a1400–50Alexander 1932 Þire princes, sone as þe pistill was put þam in hand,..Vn-lappis liȝtly þe lefe & þe line redes. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. Prol. 37 The dasy and the maryguld vnlappit, Quhilks all the nicht lay with their leuis happit. 1586W. Travers Supplic. Privy Council (1612) 23 Tapestrie which,..being vnlapt and laid open, sheweth plainely to the eye all the worke that is in it.
3. To detach in a strip or flap.
1834–6Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VIII. 103/2 A curve traced by the extremity of the thread FC, unlapped from the circumference. Ibid., Let the acting face of the tooth b be formed by unlapping a thread from its circumference.
Hence unˈlapping vbl. n.
1839Ure Dict. Arts, etc. 233 In the course of the lapping and unlapping of such a length of webs. |