Chapped

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign,
              Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain.
                                                    --Blackmore.
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              Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly.
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     2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chapped
       See {chap}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chapped
       adj : used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure;
             "chapped lips" [syn: {cracked}, {roughened}]