frapping


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frap

 (frăp)
tr.v. frapped, frap·ping, fraps Nautical
1. To make secure by lashing: frap a sail.
2. To take up the slack of; tighten.
[Middle English frapen, to strike, from Old French fraper; see frappé.]
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