chapping

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chapping - 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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