Chapping

Chapping
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. [1913 Webster]

Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]

Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly. [1913 Webster]

2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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