n. (Founding) The enlargement of a mold caused by rapping the pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary. [ Written also raparee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to strike. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Rap, to snatch away. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. râpé, fr. râper to grate, to rasp. See Rasp, v. ] A pungent kind of snuff made from the darker and ranker kinds of tobacco leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Repeal. ] (Mil.) The beat of the drum to call soldiers to arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Rap. ] 1. One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A forcible oath or lie. [ Slang ] Bp. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A musician specializing in rap music. [ PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. rapporter to bring again or back, to refer; pref. re- re- + apporter to bring, L. apportare. Cf. Report. ] Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is obvious what rapport there is between the conceptions and languages in every country. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖
En` rap`port" ety>[F.], in accord, harmony, or sympathy; having a mutual, especially a private, understanding; in hypnotism, in that relation of sympathy which permits influence or communication. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F., fr. rapprocher to cause to approach again. See Re-; Approach. ] Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and Austria. Wilfrid Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]