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clapt

[ klapt ]

verb

, Archaic.
  1. simple past tense and past participle of clap 1.


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To the new lover, to the old, to the fresh-wedded, to the long-mated: from one to the other she ran—hand clapt to throbbing heart.

He with a cheerful smile clapt his hand on his breast, and said 'Here it is, and I am going to seal it with my blood?'

In the melo-drama of Tekeli, that heroic prince is clapt into a barrel on the stage: a new asylum for distressed heroes!

Again he clapt spurs to him, and again the animal jumped, and then stood stock still, so effectually was he fettered.

That settled the question, for we knew the constable had left never a penny in his pocket when he clapt us in the stocks.

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