Hap \Hap\ (h[a^]p), v. t. [OE. happen.] To clothe; to wrap.
The surgeon happed her up carefully. --Dr. J. Brown.
Hap \Hap\, n. [Cf. {Hap} to clothe.] A cloak or plaid. [O. Eng. & Scot.]
Hap \Hap\, n. [Icel. happ unexpected good luck. [root]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 \Hap\, v. i. [OE. happen. See {Hap} chance, and cf. {Happen}.] To happen; to befall; to chance. --Chaucer.