chap

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

2. v. t. To strike; to beat. Source: opted

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

4. v. i. To strike; to knock; to rap. Source: opted

5. n. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. Source: opted

6. n. A division; a breach, as in a party. Source: opted

7. n. A blow; a rap. Source: opted

8. 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. Source: opted

9. n. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc. Source: opted

10. n. A buyer; a chapman. Source: opted

11. n. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. Source: opted

12. v. i. To bargain; to buy. Source: opted

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