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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hap \Hap\ (h[a^]p), verb (used with an object) [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J. Brown.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hap \Hap\, noun [Cf. {Hap} to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hap \Hap\, noun [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. [root]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. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hap \Hap\, verb (used without an object) [OE. happen. See {Hap} chance, and cf. {Happen}.] To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer.
Sends word of all that haps in Tyre. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hap
noun: an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"
verb: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {go on}, {pass off}, {occur}, {pass}, {fall out}, {come about}, {take place}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "hap": accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, adventure, be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall, betide, break, bundle up, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit, circumstance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, contingency, contingent, destiny, develop, episode, event, eventuate, experience, fact, fall, fate, fluke, flukiness, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, freak accident, gamble, go, go off, good fortune, good luck, happen, happen along, happen by chance, happening, happenstance, happy chance, hazard, heedless hap, how they fall, incident, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, law of averages, long odds, long shot, lot, luck, lucky shot, matter of fact, moira, muffle, occasion, occur, occurrence, opportunity, particular, pass, pass off, phenomenon, pop up, portion, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, random sample, reality, risk, run of luck, serendipity, statistical probability, take place, the breaks, theory of probability, transpire, turn of events, turn up, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, whatever comes, wrap up
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
HAP Host Access Protocol (RFC 907/1221)
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