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▪ I. † quap, n. Obs. rare—1.
? variant of quab n.1
1598Florio, Gó, goi, a fish called a quap [1611 a quap-fish], which is poison to man, and man to him.
▪ II. † quap, v. Obs.
Forms: 4–6 quappe, 5 qwappe, (7 quapp). See also quop.
[Imitative; cf. G. quappen to flop, quappeln to quiver. A later form is quab v.]
intr. To beat, throb, palpitate, quiver.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 8 (57) And lord how þat his herte gan to quappe, Heryng her come. 1382Wyclif Tobit vi. 4 He droȝ it [the fish] in to the drie, and it began to quappe befor his feet. c1440Partonope 5938 His hert gan qwappe, his coloure gan change. 1567Turberv. tr. Ovid's Ep. 67 Even as the sea doth shake and trembling quappe, When with a gentle gale it is enforst. [a1643W. Cartwright Ordinary ii. ii, My heart gan quapp full oft.]
Hence † ˈquapping vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lix. (1495) 273 The tokens of a Flegmon or postume..ben..quappynge and lepynge of ventosytee. 1572J. Jones Bathes of Bath I. 7 Beating, or quapping [paine] cometh of a hot Aposteme.
▪ III. quap
obs. form of whap v. |