\Reap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Reaping}.] [OE. repen, AS. r[=i]pan to seize, reap; cf. D.
rapen to glean, reap, G. raufen to pluck, Goth. raupjan, or
E. ripe.]
1. To cut with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine, as
   grain; to gather, as a harvest, by cutting.
         When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt
         not wholly reap the corners of thy field. --Lev.???.
                                               9.
2. To gather; to obtain; to receive as a reward or harvest,
   or as the fruit of labor or of works; -- in a good or a
   bad sense; as, to reap a benefit from exertions.
         Why do I humble thus myself, and, suing For peace,
         reap nothing but repulse and hate?    --Milton.
3. To clear or a crop by reaping; as, to reap a field.
4. To deprive of the beard; to shave. [R.] --Shak.
{Reaping hook}, an instrument having a hook-shaped blade,
   used in reaping; a sickle; -- in a specific sense,
   distinguished from a sickle by a blade keen instead of
   serrated.

\Reap\, v. i.
To perform the act or operation of reaping; to gather a
harvest.
      They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. --Ps. cxxvi.
                                               5.

\Reap\, n. [Cf. AS. r[=i]p harvest. See {Reap}, v.]
A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper
as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Wright.