Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - chap
Chap
chap
1. v. & n. --v. (chapped, chapping) 1 intr. (esp. of the skin; also of dry ground etc.) crack in fissures, esp. because of exposure and dryness. 2 tr. (of the wind, cold, etc.) cause to chap. --n. (usu. in pl.) 1 a crack in the skin. 2 an open seam. Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to MLG, MDu. kappen chop off 2. n. colloq. a man; a boy; a fellow. Etymology: abbr. of CHAPMAN 3. n. the lower jaw or half of the cheek, esp. of a pig as food. Phrases and idioms chap-fallen dispirited, dejected (with the lower jaw hanging). Etymology: 16th c.: var. of CHOP(2), of unkn. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~pes, plural, from ~pen Date: 14th century a crack in or a sore roughening of the skin caused by exposure to wind or cold, II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Etymology: Middle English ~pen; akin to Middle Dutch cappen to cut down Date: 15th century intransitive verb to open in cracks, slits, or chinks, transitive verb to cause to ~ , III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1555 the fleshy covering of a jaw, the forepart of the face, IV. noun Etymology: short for ~man Date: 1705 fellow 4c, baby, child, V. abbreviation ~ter ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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