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ack or become rough. Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. Blackmore. Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. Lyly.

pen at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

Same as Chaparajos. [Sp. Amer.]

An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zoöl.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuc…

Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. Chapeau bras ( Etym: [F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general…

Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

Without a chape.

the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [Written also chaplet.]

A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel.

A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.

A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38.

An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.

The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

The office or business of a chaplain. The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. Milton.