chap

Definitions

1. 1.To strike; to beat. [Scot.]
2. 2.To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.
3. 3.To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]
4. 4.A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
5. 5.A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] Many clefts and chaps in our council board. T. Fuller.
6. 6.A blow; a rap. [Scot.]
7. 7.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.
8. 8.One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
9. 9.A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.] If you want to sell, here is your chap. Steele.
10. 10.A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]
11. 11.To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is chap.

• What is to crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap called?
• What is a cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin called?
• What is a division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] Many clefts and chaps in our council board. T. Fuller called?
• What is one of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc called?
• What is a buyer; a chapman. [Obs.] If you want to sell, here is your chap. Steele called?
• What is a man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.] called?