Associations to the word «Lapping»

Wiktionary

LAPPING, verb. Present participle of lap
LAPPING, noun. A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Dictionary definition

LAPPING, noun. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne