Chantry

[Fr. chantrerie, from chant.] ( Eccl.) An endowed chapel where priests daily chant or say m for the souls of the donors, or others whom they appoint. 1 Chap, ( chop,) v. a. [A. S yppan, pp. ycyppd. See Cпор GAPE.] To gape; to cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally. "Crack the dry hill, and chap the ru et plain." - Black more . -v. i. To crack; to open in long slits; as, chapped hands. -n. An opening; a longitudinal cleft, gap, or chink, as in the surface of the ground. Chap, ( chop ,) n. [A. S. ceaplas ; Icel. kiaftr ; Scot.chaft .] The jaw; that part of the mouth used in chawing or chewing; used properly with reference to animals, but also sometimes vulgarly to man; and, generally, in the plural. "Froth fills his chaps , he sends a grunting sound." - Dryden. Chap, n. [A contraction of chapman ; but used in a more general sense.] A familiar colloquialism for a man or boy; as, a good-natured chap . Chapala, a lake in Mexico, in Lat. 20° 20′ N., Lon. 102° to 103° W. It contains many islands, is traversed by the Rio Grande de Lerma, and has an area of about 1,300 sq. m.