Chap — Defs

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

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.]

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

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

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.” — T. Fuller.
3.
A blow; a rap.[Scot.]

04 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.

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.” — Cowley.

“He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps.” — Shak.
2.
One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.

05 n. A buyer; a chapman.

1.
A buyer; a chapman.[Obs.]
“If you want to sell, here is your chap.” — Steele.
2.
A man or boy; a youth; a fellow.[Colloq.]

06 v. i. To bargain; to buy.