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English Dictionary: chapped by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chapped
adj
  1. used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure; "chapped lips"
    Synonym(s): chapped, cracked, roughened
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chap \Chap\ (ch[acr]p or ch[ocr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Chapped} (ch[acr]pt or ch[ocr]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.]
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