3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] Shak. Reaping hook, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade, used in reaping; a sickle; — in a specific sense, distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of serrated.
REAP
Reap, v. i.
Defn: To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a
harvest.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.
REAP
Reap, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. rip harvest. See Reap, v.]
Defn: A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.
REAPER
Reap"er, n.
1. One who reaps. The sun-burned reapers wiping their foreheads. Macaulay.
2. A reaping machine.
REAPPAREL
Re`ap*par"el, v. t.