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Definition of Neaping
1. neap [v] - See also: neap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neaping
Literary usage of Neaping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ontario Dept. of Highways, Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food, Ontario Dept. of Public Works (1897)
"Surface drainage generally consists in neaping up a driveway in the centre of
the road allowance, coveri ig this with a loose coating of gravel, ..."
2. Publications by American Folklore Society (1904)
"Tarred and feathered; gagged and bound and maltreated; money and valuable plate
extorted from them; carted about for the mob to stare at and neaping abuse ..."
3. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"... CHAPTER XL JUNE 14,1871 — APRIL 16, 1872 neaping the end. — Estimate of the
Reverend FB Wheeler. — Early poem. — Leaves "Locust Grove" for last time. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1830)
"... they even went beyond the rotten borough members in neaping derision and insult
on public meetings and petitions. The passing of this Bill, ..."
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