chap

  • 11Chap — (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… …

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  • 12Chap — Chap, v. i. [See {Cheapen}.] To bargain; to buy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 13chap — S3 [tʃæp] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: chapman traveling seller of goods (11 19 centuries), from Old English ceapman, from ceap ( CHEAP1) + man] [Sense: 2; Date: 1800 1900; : Mexican Spanish; Origin: chappareras, from Spanish chaparro;… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14chap — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}wykrz. {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} wyraz oznaczający nagłe złapanie czegoś lub kogoś pyskiem, ustami, zębami (o zwierzętach i ludziach) : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Pies skoczył i chap go za kurtkę. {{/stl 10}} …

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  • 15chap|el|ry — «CHAP uhl ree», noun, plural ries. the district assigned to, or the jurisdiction of, a chapel …

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  • 16chap|el — «CHAP uhl», noun. 1. a building for Christian worship, not as large as a church. In earlier times it was consecrated and had an altar; in modern use this is not necessarily so. SYNONYM(S): oratory. 2. a small place for worship in a larger… …

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  • 17chap|er|on — or chap|er|one «SHAP uh rohn», noun, verb, oned, on|ing. –n. 1. a married woman or an older woman who accompanies a young girl or unmarried woman in public for the sake of good form and protection. SYNONYM(S): duenna. 2. an older person who is… …

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  • 18chap — index person Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19chap — meaning ‘man, boy’, is a 16c shortening of chapman meaning ‘pedlar’. It originally meant ‘a buyer, customer’, and only acquired its present day colloquial meaning in the 19c. It tends to be used affectionately and is often qualified by positive… …

    Modern English usage

  • 20chap — ► VERB (chapped, chapping) 1) (of the skin) crack and become sore through exposure to cold weather. 2) (of cold weather) cause (skin) to crack in this way. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

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