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4. A striking of hands to express
approbation.

Unextrected claps or hisses.

Addison.

5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.]
Chaucer.

6. (Falconry) The nether part of
the beak of a hawk.

Clap dish. See Clack dish, under
Clack, n. -- Clap
net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap
together.

Clap (?), n. [Cf. OF.
clapoir.] Gonorrhea.

Clap"board (?), n.
1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than
at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of
houses. [U. S.]

2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.]
Halliwell.

Clap"board, v. t. To cover
with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a
house. [U. S.] Bartlett.

{ Clap"bread` (?), Clap"cake` (?) },
n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten
till it is thin. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Clape (?), n. (Zoöl.


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