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English Dictionary: Frap by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
frap
v
  1. make secure by lashing; "frap a sail"
  2. take up the slack of; "frap a rope"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Frap \Frap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Frapping}.] [Cf. F. frapper to strike, to seize ropes. Cf.
      {Affrap}.]
      1. (Naut.) To draw together; to bind with a view to secure
            and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it;
            to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.
            --Tottem.
  
      2. To brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.
            --Knoght.
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