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▪ I. chapped, ppl. a.1|tʃæpt|
Also 6–9 chapt.
[f. chap v. and n.1 + -ed.]
1. Fissured; cracked; as clayey ground in summer, or the hands and lips by exposure to frost.
c1460Towneley Myst. 98 My fyngers ar chappyd. 1549–62Sternhold & H. Ps. lxv. 9 When that the earth is chapt and dry, and thirsteth more and more. 1611Bible Jer. xiv. 4. 1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Commun. I. 205 His hands..were swelled and chapt. 18..Keats Life (1848) II. 137 Who waits for thee, as the chapp'd earth for rain. Mod. A cure for chapped lips.
b. slang. Parched, thirsty.
1673R. Head Canting Acad. 37 Chap'd, Dry, or Thirsty. 1725in New Cant. Dict.
2. Cut small or short; chopped; beaten small.
1730Thomson Autumn 404 The ragged furze; Stretch'd o'er the stony heath, the stubble chapt. a1776in Herd Sc. Songs II. 79 (Jam.) With chapped kail.
▪ II. chapped, ppl. a.2|tʃæpt|
[f. chap n.2 + -ed2.]
Having a chap or jaw: chiefly in comb.
a1678Marvell To coy Mistress, Rather at once our time devour Than languish in his slow chap'd power. 1725Bailey Erasm. Colloq. 33 Yon dainty chapp'd Fellow. |