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Chap v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped p. pr. & vb. n. Chapping.]
1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign,
Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. --Blackmore.
Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly.
2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.]
chap
n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: fellow, feller,
lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss]
2: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny,
crack, fissure]
3: a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
4: (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat;
joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over
trousers by cowboys to protect their legs
v : crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather"
[also: chapping, chapped]