▪ I. † quap, n. Obs. rare—1.
? variant of quab n.1
| 1598 Florio, Gó, goi, a fish called a quap [1611 a quap-fish], which is poison to man, and man to him. |
▪ II. † quap, v. Obs.
Forms: 4–6 quappe, 5 qwappe, (7 quapp). See also quop.
[Imitative; cf. G. quappen to flop, quappeln to quiver. A later form is quab v.]
intr. To beat, throb, palpitate, quiver.
| c 1374 Chaucer Troylus iii. 8 (57) And lord how þat his herte gan to quappe, Heryng her come. 1382 Wyclif Tobit vi. 4 He droȝ it [the fish] in to the drie, and it began to quappe befor his feet. c 1440 Partonope 5938 His hert gan qwappe, his coloure gan change. 1567 Turberv. tr. Ovid's Ep. 67 Even as the sea doth shake and trembling quappe, When with a gentle gale it is enforst. [a 1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary ii. ii, My heart gan quapp full oft.] |
Hence † ˈquapping vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. lix. (1495) 273 The tokens of a Flegmon or postume..ben..quappynge and lepynge of ventosytee. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bath I. 7 Beating, or quapping [paine] cometh of a hot Aposteme. |
▪ III. quap
obs. form of whap v.