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Rape (rāp), n. [F. râpe a grape stalk.] 1. Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster. Ray.
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2. The refuse stems and skins of grapes or raisins from which the must has been expressed in wine making.
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3. A filter containing the above refuse, used in clarifying and perfecting malt, vinegar, etc.
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Rape wine, a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes.
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Rape, v. t. 1. To commit rape upon; to ravish.
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2. (Fig., Colloq.) To perform an action causing results harmful or very unpleasant to a person or thing; as, women raped first by their assailants, and then by the Justice system. Corresponds to 2nd rape, n. 5.
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To rape and ren. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
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Rape, n. [Icel. hreppr village, district; cf. Icel. hreppa to catch, obtain, AS. hrepian, hreppan, to touch.] One of six divisions of the county of Sussex, England, intermediate between a hundred and a shire.
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