Word Meanings - CHAPS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open your chaps again." Shak.

Related words: (words related to CHAPS)

• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.
• AGAIN
  again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again,
• AGAINST
  1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
• AGAIN; AGAINS
  Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.
• ABOUT
  On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14. 7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope. (more info)
• AGAINWARD
  Back again.
• AGAINBUY
  To redeem. Wyclif.
• CHAPS
  The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open your chaps again." Shak.
• ABOUT-SLEDGE
  The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale.
• FLESHY
  Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. (more info) 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. 2. Human. "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.
• THEREAGAIN
  In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer.
• ROUNDABOUTNESS
  The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness.
• UNDERCHAPS
  The lower chaps or jaw. Paley.
• RACEABOUT
  A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
• STIRABOUT
  A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.
• MARABOUT
  A Mohammedan saint; especially, one who claims to work cures supernaturally.
• HAULABOUT
  A bargelike vessel with steel hull, large hatchways, and coal transporters, for coaling war vessels from its own hold or from other colliers.
• WHEREABOUT; WHEREABOUTS
  1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. 2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they are conversant."
• GADABOUT
  A gadder
• PETTICHAPS
  See PETTYCHAPS
• HEREA-BOUT; HEREABOUTS
  1. About this place; in this vicinity. 2. Concerning this.
• KNOCKABOUT
  1. Marked by knocking about or roughness. 2. Of noisy and violent character. 3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither. 4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on