frapping

Updated: May 1, 2025

The faculties of observation and initiation were not more valued by Nobunaga than those of honesty and modesty. It is recorded that on one occasion he summoned all the officers of his staff, and showing them a sword by a famous maker, promised to bestow it upon the man who should guess most correctly the number of threads in the silk frapping of the hilt.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

We got the new one out, into the nettings; seized on the tack, sheets, and halyards, and the hanks; manned the halyards, cut adrift the frapping lines, and hoisted away; but before it was half way up the stay, it was blown all to pieces. When we belayed the halyards, there was nothing left but the bolt-rope.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

An instant after the door had closed the lately scared youngsters expressed themselves by a broad grin, which deepened to a very decided chuckle as Mr. Bender's footsteps died away. "Mister," cried Midshipman Trotter, favoring Darrin with a glance of frank friendliness, "do you know that you saved us from frapping the pap hard?"

H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock - Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis

Presently the Charley came up and, finding a Nazarene kneeling on a Moslem and frapping him, asked, "What harm hath this one done?"; and the Broker answered, "The fellow meant to snatch off my turband." "Get up from him," quoth the watch man. So he arose and the Charley went up to the Hunchback and finding him dead, exclaimed, "By Allah, good indeed! A Christian killing a Mahometan!"

Anonymous - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01

What would have happened to you if you had been bold enough to do it?" "I guess I'd have 'frapped the pap," hazarded Dave. "And what on earth is 'frapping the pap'?" gasped Belle. "Oh, that's a brief way of telling about it when a midshipman gets stuck on the conduct report." "I'm going to buy a notebook," asserted Belle, "and write down and classify some of this jargon.

H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock - Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis: Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters"

And by using every possible means, particularly frapping her together with many hawsers, and putting a great quantity of tallow below water where she was damaged, she was kept together: but it was well we did not meet with any gales of wind, or we must have gone to pieces; for we were in such a crazy condition that we had ships to attend us till we arrived at Belle-Isle, the place of our destination; and then we had all things taken out of the ship, and she was properly repaired.

Olaudah Equiano - The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: Written By Himself

One at a time, and with great difficulty and labor, the old sails were unbent and sent down by the bunt-lines, and three new topsails, made for the homeward passage round Cape Horn, and which had never been bent, were got up from the sailroom, and under the care of the sailmaker, were fitted for bending, and sent up by the halyards into the tops, and, with stops and frapping lines, were bent to the yards, close-reefed, sheeted home, and hoisted.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast

And this is off y'r Forest Range; an' y'r not responsible for what A may be tempted to do?" The old frontiersman literally avalanched off his broncho and made a dash at the tent flap, frapping it loudly with the flat of his hand. "Here you anybody inside?" No response came from the owner of the leg. "Here you, waken up." Matthews caught hold of the leg and pulled and pulled.

Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut - The Freebooters of the Wilderness