clap (sense ‘to clap hands, applaud’ is not pre-S.; 3 is the usual S. sense; ‘to tap, pat’ also occurs)
1.
“clap to,” shut smartly 1H4 II. iv. 309, Cor. I. iv. 51.
2.
to strike (hands)
reciprocally in token of a bargain
H5 V. ii. 134
“and so hands and a
bargain”
; hence apparently the use in
Wint. I. ii. 104
“Ere I could make thee
open thy white hand And clap thyself my
love”
; so “ up,” settle (a
bargain) hastily
Shr. II. i. 319
“Was ever match clapp'd
up so suddenly?,”
John III. i. 235.
3.
to put or set smartly
or vigorously
Wiv. II. ii. 144
“ on
more sails,”
R2 III. ii. 114,
Rom. III. i. 6
“c-s me his sword upon
the table,”
Ant. III. viii. [x.] 29; absol.
2H4 III. ii. 51
“a' would have
clapped”
[viz. an arrow] “i' the
clout.”
4.
“
up,” put in prison 2H6 I. iv. 53; fig.
Ant. IV. ii. 17.
5.
to impose (fines)
H8 V. iv. 86.
6.
to enter “into” briskly, strike
“into” (a song)
Meas. IV. iii. 44,
AYL. V. iii. 12
“a song . . . Shall we
clap into 't roundly?”
