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Webster 1913 Edition

Hap

Hap

(hăp)
,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
happen
.]
To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon
happed
her up carefully.
Dr. J. Brown.

Hap

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Hap
to clothe.]
A cloak or plaid.
[O. Eng. & Scot.]

Hap

,
Noun.
[Icel.
happ
unexpected good luck. √39.]
That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
Chaucer.
Whether art it was or heedless
hap
.
Spenser.
Cursed be good
haps
, and cursed be they that build
Their hopes on
haps
.
Sir P. Sidney.
Loving goes by
haps
:
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
Shakespeare

Hap

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
happen
. See
Hap
chance, and cf.
Happen
.]
To happen; to befall; to chance.
Chaucer.
Sends word of all that
haps
in Tyre.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Hap

HAP

,
Noun.
[L. capio.]
1.
That which comes suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; fortune; accident; casual event. [See Chance and Casual.]
Whether art it was or heedless hap.
Curs'd by good haps,and curs'd be they that build
Their hopes on haps.
2.
Misfortune. [But this word is obsolete or obsolescent, except in compounds and derivatives.]

HAP

,
Verb.
I.
To happen; to befall; to come by chance.

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