or chapt, ppl. adj. (old).—Parched; ‘dry’; thirsty. [From CHAP, to crack (as the lips) from want of moisture, + ED.]

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  1673.  R. HEAD, Canting Academy, 37. CHAP’D, Dry, or Thirsty.

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  1725.  A New Canting Dictionary, s.v.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. CHAPT, dry or thirsty.

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  1811.  GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.

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