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An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. Chaucer. If he cuts off but a lap of truth's garment, his heart smites him. Fuller.

Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.

Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.

A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.

A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Cæsarean section.

A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

A small dog fondled in the lap.

That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar. [Written also lappel and lapelle.]

Furnished with lapels.

As much as the lap can contain.

A stonecutter. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

Consisting of stones.

A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. Lapidary's lathe, mill, or wheel, a machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing.

To stone. [Obs.]

The act of stoning. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Of the nature of stone; [Obs.] Ray.

The state or quality of being lapidescent.

Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Forming or converting into stone.