A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
A quick, smart blow; a knock.
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.
conversation; also, rapping.
a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; rap music.
To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.
To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.
To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.
To hasten.
To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.
To exchange; to truck.
To engage in a discussion, converse.
to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by some as a type of music; see rap music.
To snatch up; transport; - chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; - often with up.
To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
A wrapper; - often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.