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To beat; to whap. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. Malory.

The American hawk owl. See under Hawk.

f arrowhead (Sagittaria variabilis); -- so called by the Indians of Oregon. [Written also wappato.]

Cast down; crushed by misery; dejected. [Obs.]

hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. [Written also wapentac.] Selden. Blackstone.

An exhibition of arms. according to the rank of the individual, by all persons bearing arms; -- formerly made at certain seasons in each district. [Scot.] Jamieson. Sir W. Scott.

The American elk (Cervus Canadensis). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size.

A fair-leader.

See Wapatoo.

A word of doubtful meaning used once by Shakespeare. This [gold] is it That makes the wappen'd widow wed again.

To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter. [Obs.]

A small yelping cur. [Prov. Eng.]

Yelping. [R.] Fuller.

To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Swap off his head!" Chaucer.

See Sweep, n., 12.

ly. His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser. A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.

See Bottomery. [Obs.] There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. R. North.

To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.

es machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found benea…

To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats. Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.