Hap , v. i. [OE. happen. See Hap chance, and cf. Happen.]
To happen; to befall; to chance. Chaucer.
Sends
word of all
that haps in Tyre.
Shak.
Hap , n. [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.
Shak.
Hap , n. [Cf. Hap to clothe.]
A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
Hap (hăp),
v. t. [OE. happen.]
To clothe; to wrap.
The
surgeon happed her up carefully.
Dr. J. Brown.
Hear it pronounced