chapped

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure“chapped lips”Synonyms: cracked roughened

Chap \Chap\ (ch[a^]p or ch[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped (ch[a^]pt or ch[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chapping.] [See Chop to cut.]

1.To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. [1913 Webster]

Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain.— Blackmore.[1913 Webster]

Nor winter's blast chap her fair face.— Lyly.[1913 Webster]

2.To strike; to beat. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]