[f. CHOP sb.1 + -Y1.]

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  1.  Full of chops or clefts; = CHAPPY a.1

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1605.  Shaks., Macb., I. iii. 44. Her choppie finger laying Vpon her skinnie Lips.

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1858.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., VI. v. They seem to understand me, by each at once his choppy finger laying on his skinny lips!

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  2.  Of the sea: = CHOPPING ppl. a.1 2.

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1867.  J. Macgregor, Voy. Alone, 76. There is sure to be a short choppy sea upon them.

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