lappern.1
/ˈlapə/ One who laps, or takes up (liquid) with the tongue.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > lapping > person
lapper1606
1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham vii. f. 28 Those doggish lappers, and those faint hearted dastardes.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 418 The great majority of the Hymenoptera order..though furnished with mandibles and maxillæ, never use them for mastication, but really lap their food with their tongue: these therefore might be denominated lappers.
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 470 The pupils of the modern school discover in him but the crafty, cruel, and cowardly lapper of blood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
lappern.2
/ˈlapə/ 1. One who laps or folds up (linen).
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes
starching1390
drawing1579
lapper1732
animalization1783
gassing1822
stuff-presser1831
rot-steep1835
plating1843
oversizing1882
Schreinering1905
Schreinerizing1906
potting1920
tie-dye1926
ikat1931
pre-boarding1940
permanent press1944
stentering1946
1732 J. Swift Consideration Two Bills 30 They may be Lappers of Linnen, Bayliffs of the Mannor, they may let Blood [etc.].
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Lappers, male operatives who fold into shape for the market the various fabrics that are manufactured in the textile industry.
1893 Star 29 Apr. 2/6 The trade of the linen lapper consists in measuring the goods and folding them for the different markets.
2. = lapping machine at lapping n.2 3. (In some modern dictionaries.)
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1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 195 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI The..surfaces of cotton batting that has been merely..spread in a lapper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
lappern.3
/ˈlapə/ One who uses a lap or lapidary's wheel.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [noun] > one who uses a lapidary's wheel
lapper1877
1877 G. E. Gee Pract. Gold-worker 178 The lapper produces the plain and diamond-shaped surfaces by the rotary action of the lapidary's wheel.
1896 Mod. Advt. Lapper wanted, to fill in spare time with polishing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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