"Dap" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... itself. Pliny says this habit of the Ibis first suggested the use of clysters to the ancient Egyptian doctors, known to be the first medical practitioners of any nation, not excepting the Chinese. [See Naturalis Historia, Lib. VIII., Dap. 41, ...
— The Royal Road to Health • Chas. A. Tyrrell
... Dap s. the hop, or turn of a ball; also habits and peculiarities of a person, ex. I know ...
— A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire • Wadham Pigott Williams
... found, and stands usually with his head downward, that is to say, towards the root of the tree, the small black fly, or hawthorn fly is to be had on any Hawthorn bush, after the leaves be come forth; with these and a short Line (as I shewed to Angle for a Chub) you may dap or dop, and also with a Grashopper, behind a tree, or in any deep hole, still making it to move on the top of the water, as if it were alive, and still keeping your self out of sight, you shall certainly have sport if there be Trouts; yea ...
— The Complete Angler 1653 • Isaak Walton
... 15. Dap is used again, 'the dapping moth'. (45.) This word is well known to fishermen and fowlers, meaning 'to dip lightly and suddenly into water' but is ...
— Society for Pure English, Tract 5 - The Englishing of French Words; The Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems • Society for Pure English |
