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, 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.
Ha'"pen*ny (h"pn*n), n. A half-penny.
Hap"haz`ard (hp"hz`rd or hp`hz"-), n. [Hap + hazard.] Extra hazard;
chance; accident; random.
We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust.
Locke.
Hap"less (hp"ls), a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate;
unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden.
Hap"less*ly, adv. In a hapless, unlucky manner.
||Ha*plo"mi (h*pl"m), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "aplo`os simple + 'w^mos
||shoulder.] (Zoˆl.) An order of freshwater fishes, including the true
||pikes, cyprinodonts, and blindfishes.
Hap`lo*stem"o*nous (hp`l*stm"*ns), a. [Gr. "aplo`os simple + sth`mwn a
thread.] (Bot.) Having but one series of stamens, and that equal in
number to the proper number of petals; isostemonous.
Hap"ly (hp"l), adv. By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may
be.
Lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts v. 39.