jarped

Verb

jarp (third-person singular simple present jarps, present participle jarping, simple past and past participle jarped)

1. (Cumbria, Ireland, Yorkshire, transitive, Northumberland) To knock (a pace egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.
   • Many of the lads, however, have a much speedier method of either adding to their store of food or losing their egg. They jaup or jarp them together, i.e. one lad strikes his egg against that of his opponent, when one or both are broken; if only one, it is forfeited and becomes the property of the...1898, Richard Blakeborough, “Customs of the Year and Folklore”, in Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire […], London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press […], →OCLC...

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