Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To strike; knock; beat; wallop; drub.
  • To flap; flutter.
  • To toss or throw quickly.
  • To flutter; flap the wings; move violently.
  • noun A smart stroke; a blow.
  • To wrap; tie; bind.
  • To bark; yelp.
  • noun A bale or bundle, as of hay or straw.
  • noun A shroud-stopper.
  • noun A pendant with a thimble in one end through which running rigging is led.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. A blow or beating; a whap.
  • verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To beat; to whap.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, dialect A blow or beating; a whap.

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  • Paw in reverse.

    November 2, 2007