clap dish

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clap dish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clap \Clap\ (kl[a^]p), n.
     1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "Give the
        door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole
        room." --Swift.
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     2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
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              Horrible claps of thunder.            --Hakewill.
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     3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
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              What, fifty of my followers at a clap! --Shak.
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     4. A striking of hands to express approbation.
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              Unextrected claps or hisses.          --Addison.
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     5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     6. (Falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
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     Clap dish. See Clack dish, under Clack, n.
  
     Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap
        together.
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