Definition of Neaping

1. Verb. (present participle of neap) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neaping

1. neap [v] - See also: neap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neaping

neaffes
neal
nealbarbital
nealed
nealing
nealite
neals
neanic
neanimorphic
neap
neap tide
neap tides
neaped
neaper
neapest
neaping (current term)
neaps
neapy
near
near(a)
near-Earth object
near-blind
near-death experience
near-death experiences
near-field
near-fields
near-minimal pair
near-minimal pairs
near-sighted
near-sightedness

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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