Vocabulary : Lapponian to Lapstone

Lapponian : Alt. of Lapponic
Lapponic : Laplandish; Lappish.
Lapps : A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
Lapsable : Lapsible.
Lapse : A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. ;; A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude. ;; The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege. ;; A fall or apostasy. ;; To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. ;; To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake. ;; To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc. ;; To become ineffectual or void; to fall. ;; To let slip; to permit to devolve on another;
Lapsed : of Lapse ;; Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses. ;; Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
Lapsible : Liable to lapse.
Lapsided : See Lopsided.
Lapsing : of Lapse
Lapstone : A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.
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