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The act of elapsing. [R.]

Æsculapian.

Same as Æsculapius.

A blinder on a horse's bridle.

er that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment. A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne.

Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak.

Having broad, hangling lips. [R.] Shak.

The thing thus caught abd eaten. Johnson. Cakes and ale, and flapdragtons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.

A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

One who, or that which, flaps.

The repeated stroke of something long and loose. Johnson.

The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.

Incapable of slipping, or of error. [R.] Morally immutable and illapsable. Glanvill.

other; also, a sudden descent or attack. Akenside. They sit silent . . . waiting for an illapse of the spirit. Jeffrey.

e elect as being at the time of election in a fallen and guilty state; -- opposed to Supralapsarian. The former considered the election of grace as a remedy for an existing evil; the latter regarded the fall as a part of God's original purpose in regard to men.

The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Inralapsarians.

To convert into a stony substance; to petrity. [R.] Bacon.

The lapse or interval of time between two events. [R.] Harvey.

Not liable to relapse; secure. Dr. H. More.

ell known purgative medicines. Other species of Ipomoea yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I. Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa. False jalap, the root of Mirabilis Jalapa, four-o'clock, or marvel of Peru.