Hap (?), v. t. [OE.happen.]
To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon happed her up carefully.
Dr. J. Brown.
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Hap, n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.]
A cloak or plaid.
[O. Eng. & Scot.]
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Hap, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. .]
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.
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Hap, v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.]
To happen; to befall; to chance.
Chaucer.
Sends word of all that haps in Tyre.
Shak.
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