Part 154 (2/2)

_To_ ~Chap~ _hands_, to strike hands, especially in concluding a bargain, S

2 To chop, to cut into small pieces, S

Teut _kapp-en_, conscindere minutim

_To_ ~Chap~ _aff_, to strike off

Su G _kapp-a_, to amputate

_To_ ~Chap~, _v n_

1 To strike: ”the knock's _chappin_,” the clock strikes, S

2 _To chap at a door_, to knock, to rap, S

_Sir Egeir_

~Chap~, ~Chaup~, ~Choppe~, s A stroke of any kind, a blow, S

_Burns_

Teut _kip_, ictus; Moes G _kaupat-jan_, colaphos ingerere

2 A tap or rap, S

_Minstrelsy Border_

Z Boyd uses _choppe_ in the same sense

~Chapping-Sticks~, _s_ Any instru with, S

_Kelly_

_To_ CHAP, CHAUP _out_, CHAUPS, _v a_

1 To fix upon any person or thing by selection, S Hence the phrase, _Chap ye, chuse ye_

_Ramsay_

2 Suddenly to eain; to hold one at the terms mentioned, S

Belg _kipp-en_, to choose; which see to lay hold of

~Chap~, _s_ The act of choosing; _Chap and choice_, great variety, S

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