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chapped |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chap \Chap\ (ch[a^]p or ch[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chapped} (ch[a^]pt or ch[o^]pt); p. pr & vb n. {Chapping}.] [See {Chop} to cut.] 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chapped adj : used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips" [syn: {cracked}, {roughened}]
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