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chapless, a.|ˈtʃæplɪs|
[f. chap n.2 + -less.]
Without the lower jaw or chap.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. i. 83 Yellow chappels [chappeless] sculls. 1602― Ham. v. i. 97 Chaplesse, and knockt about the Mazard with a Sextons Spade. 1812W. Tennant Anster F. v. lxiv, Pale Death, the chapless and the grim. 1855Fraser's Mag. LI. 225 Nor..does he..recognise the chapless bones with wonderful sagacity. |