Chap

chap, v.i. to crack: to strike, of a clock, .: to knock at a door.— v.t. to fi ure.— n. crack: an open fi ure in the skin, caused by exposure to frost: a knock.— adj. Chap′le .— p.adj. Chapped , cracked, of a heavy soil in dry weather, or of the skin in frost: cut short.— adj. Chap′py . [M. E. chappen ; cog. with Dut. and Ger. kappen .]