Noun
(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

Noun
a crack in a lip caused usually by cold

Noun
a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there''s a fellow at the door"; "he''s a likable cuss"

Noun
a long narrow depression in a surface

Verb
crack due to dehydration; "My lips chap in this dry weather"

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v. t.
To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

v. t.
To strike; to beat.

v. i.
To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.

v. i.
To strike; to knock; to rap.

n.
A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

n.
A division; a breach, as in a party.

n.
A blow; a rap.

n.
One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

n.
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.

n.
A buyer; a chapman.

n.
A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.

v. i.
To bargain; to buy.

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Chap

Chap , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped ; 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.

Nor winter's blast chap her fair face.

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

Chap

Chap, v. i. 1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap. 2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]

Chap

Chap, n. [From Chap, v. t. & i.] 1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. 2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.]

Many clefts and chaps in our council board.

3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.]

Chap

Chap , n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw. K'84ft, D. ki'91ft; akin to G. kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. Chops.] 1. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood.

He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps.

2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.

Chap

Chap , n. [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. ki'91ft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.] 1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.]

If you want to sell, here is your chap.

2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]

Chap

Chap, v. i. [See Cheapen.] To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]

To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.

A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

A buyer; a chapman.

To bargain; to buy.