Chap (chăp or ch&obreve_;p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped (chăpt or ch&obreve_;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.[1913 Webster]
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.][1913 Webster]
Chap, v. i. 1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.[1913 Webster]
2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.][1913 Webster]
Chap, n. [From Chap, v. t. & i.] 1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.[1913 Webster]
2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
Many clefts and chaps in our council board.
3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.][1913 Webster]
Chap (ch&obreve_;p), n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw. Käft, D. kiæft; 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.[1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]
Chap (chăp), n. [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. kiæft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.] 1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
If you want to sell, here is your chap.
2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.][1913 Webster]
Chap, v. i. [See Cheapen.] To bargain; to buy. [Obs.][1913 Webster]