hap

Definitions

1. 1.To clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown.
2. 2.A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
3. 3.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 haps, and cursed be they that build Their hopes on haps. Sir P. Sidney. Loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. Shak.
4. 4.To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer. Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak. HA'PENNY; HAP'PENNY Hap'"pen*ny, n. A half-penny.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to clothe; to wrap. The surgeon happed her up carefully. Dr. J. Brown called?
• What is to happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer. Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. Shak. HA'PENNY; HAP'PENNY Hap'"pen*ny, n. A half-penny called?