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.