Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
If you want to sell, here is your chap. --Steele.
2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack
the dry hill, and chap the russet plain.
--Blackmore.
Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly.
2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chap \Chap\, v. i.
1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands
chap.
2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chap \Chap\, v. i. [See {Cheapen}.]
To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.]
Many clefts and chaps in our council board. --T.
Fuller.
3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chap \Chap\ (ch[o^]p), n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel
kjaptr jaw, Sw. K["a]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.
His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood.
--Cowley.
He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the
chaps. --Shak.
2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chap
n 1: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss" [syn: {fellow}, {feller},
{lad}, {gent}, {fella}, {blighter}, {cuss}]
2: a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: {crevice}, {cranny},
{crack}, {fissure}]
3: a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
4: (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat;
joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over
trousers by cowboys to protect their legs
v : crack due to dehydration, as of skin or lips; "My lips chap
in this dry weather"
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