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lappeting

lappeting is the present participle and gerund of lappet.

Meaning of lappet

Verb

lappet (third-person singular simple present lappets, present participle lappeting, simple past and past participle lappeted)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with, or as if with, lappets.
    • I would fain merit your esteem, heedless of these pursy fellows from hulks and warehouses, with one ear lappetted by the pen behind it […]1824, Walter Savage Landor, “Oliver Cromwel and Walter Noble”, in Imaginary Conversations, volume 1, London: Taylor and Hessey, page 58

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Questions about lappeting

What is lappeting the present participle and gerund of?
Lappeting is the present participle and gerund of lappet.

Words near lappeting in the dictionary

  1. lappet moths
  2. lappet-faced vulture
  3. lappet-faced vultures
  4. lappeted
  5. lappeth
  6. lappeting
  7. lappets
  8. lapphund
  9. lapphunds
  10. Lappic
  11. Lappid

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