| Chap (chap) |
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| v.
t. | (ch p or chp) |
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| Chap |
| v.
t. [imp. *** p. p. Chapped
(ch&abreve]pt or chpt); p. pr. *** vb.
n. Chapping.] [See Chop to cut.] |
To cause to open in slits or chinks] to
split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
To strike; to beat.
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To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the
hands chap.
To strike; to knock; to rap.
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A cleft, crack, or chink, as
in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
A division] a breach, as in a
party.
A blow; a rap.
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| Chap (chap) |
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| n. | (chp) |
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| Chap |
| [OE.
chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw.
Käft, D. kiæft; akin to G.
kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. Chops.] |
One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of
a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and
colloquially of human beings.
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise,
etc.
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| Chap (chap) |
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| n. | (chp) |
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| Chap |
| [Perh.
abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense;
or cf. Dan. kiæft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.] |
A buyer; a chapman.
A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.
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