n.
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t.
With one great peal they rap the door. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A quick, smart blow; a knock. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
And through the Greeks and Ilians they rapt
The whirring chariot. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
Rapt into future times, the bard begun. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
To rap and ren,
To rap and rend
To rap out,
n. [ Perhaps contr. fr. raparee. ] A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tie it [ her money ] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent. Mrs. Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not to care a rap,
Not worth a rap,
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Rapacious. ] (Zool.) Same as Accipitres. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. rapax, -acis, from rapere to seize and carry off, to snatch away. See Rapid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Thy Lord ] redeem thee quite from Death's rapacious claim Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. rapacitas: cf. F. rapacité. See Rapacious. ]