chapped

chapped
Having or pertaining to skin, especially of the hands, that is dry, scaly, and fissured, owing to the action of cold or to the excess rate of evaporation of moisture from the skin surface. See hand eczema. [M.E. chap, to chop, split]

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(chapt) roughened and cracked, or split open by the cold or frequent wetting; said of skin.

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