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Webster 1913 Edition
Hap
Hap
(hăp)
, Verb.
T.
[OE.
happen
.] To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon
happed
her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
Hap
,Noun.
[Icel.
happ
unexpected good luck. √39.] That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
Chaucer.
Whether art it was or heedless
hap
. Spenser.
Cursed be good
Their hopes on
haps
, and cursed be they that buildTheir hopes on
haps
. Sir P. Sidney.
Loving goes by
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
haps
:Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Hap
HAP
,Noun.
1.
That which comes suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; fortune; accident; casual event. [See Chance and Casual.] Whether art it was or heedless hap.
Curs'd by good haps,and curs'd be they that build
Their hopes on haps.
2.
Misfortune. [But this word is obsolete or obsolescent, except in compounds and derivatives.]HAP
,Verb.
I.