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lapped joint
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lapidate

lap·i·date [ láppi dàyt ] (past and past participle lap·i·dated, present participle lap·i·dat·ing, 3rd person present singular lap·i·dates)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. stone somebody: to throw stones at somebody

2. stone somebody to death: to stone somebody to death, especially as a punishment for wrongdoing

[Early 17th century. < Latin lapidat-, past participle of lapidare< lapid- "stone"]

lap·i·da·tion [ làppi dáysh'n ] noun
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