From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chap \Chap\ (ch[o^]p), n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel
kjaptr jaw, Sw. K[aum]ft, D. ki[ae]ft; 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.
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His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood.
--Cowley.
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He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the
chaps. --Shak.
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2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chap \Chap\, v. i.
1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands
chap.
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2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.]
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Many clefts and chaps in our council board. --T.
Fuller.
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3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chap \Chap\ (ch[a^]p), n. [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but
used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. ki[ae]ft jaw,
person, E. chap jaw.]
1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.]
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If you want to sell, here is your chap. --Steele.
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2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chap \Chap\, v. i. [See Cheapen.]
To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]
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