lapping

/ˈlæpɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
To fold; to bend and lay over or on something.
To wrap around, enwrap, wrap up
To envelop, enfold
To wind around
To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another.
To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth.
To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
(of water) To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash.
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
(bowmaking) Lengths of fine wire, silver, gold, silk or whalebone wrapped tightly around the bow stick adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel of the bow.
The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.

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