noun
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(obsolete outside Britain and Australia) A man, a fellow.
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Who’s that chap over there?
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A customer, a buyer.
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A child.
noun
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A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.
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A division; a breach, as in a party.
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A blow; a rap.
verb
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Of the skin, to split or flake due to cold weather or dryness.
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To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.
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To strike, knock.
noun
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(often in the plural) The jaw.
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One of the jaws or cheeks of a vice, etc.
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(authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
example
Detective novel writers try to keep up the suspense until the last chapter.
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A section of a social or religious body.
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A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
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A decretal epistle.
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A location or compartment.