Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ground full of chinks and crevices, arising from drought.
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- verb Present participle of
chap .
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Examples
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The latter condition of the lips is commonly called chapping, but it is proper to consider chafing and chapping together as the morbid state of the skin, and the treatment is the same for both.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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If you have peeling, flaking, or chapping, that is also a problem.
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It is useful in the prevention of "chapping," for softening rough skin, for preventing and healing bleeding and cracked lips, as a protective dressing in burns, cuts, or any acute inflammation of the skin where the cuticle has been injured or destroyed, or where it is desirable that a wound should be protected and kept closed from the air.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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A slight scratch, abrasion, or even "chapping" is enough.
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Three Random Words: la gerçure (f) = crack, chapping jeûner = to fast, to go without food le videur (lit: "the emptier") = bouncer (nightclub) in mise en bouteille/wine bottling | Permalink
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The molecules of these products are not small enough to be absorbed into the skin, so they tend to sit on top of the skin instead, which is good if you're trying to protect yourself from chapping from wind and cold.
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They had had some harsh weather conditions which gave them a bit of chapping.
Workday.... Gumbo Lily 2010
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A few birds cheeped in bird innocence, but that was the only sound as the man sauntered toward that purse like some tough sheriff in a Western, though then again, maybe it was just the leather chaps, well, chapping, that made him walk that way.
The Six Rules of Maybe DEB CALETTI 2010
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They had had some harsh weather conditions which gave them a bit of chapping.
Archive 2010-05-01 Gumbo Lily 2010
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A few birds cheeped in bird innocence, but that was the only sound as the man sauntered toward that purse like some tough sheriff in a Western, though then again, maybe it was just the leather chaps, well, chapping, that made him walk that way.
The Six Rules of Maybe DEB CALETTI 2010
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