chapped hands

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• chapped — adjective dry and flaky due to excessive evaporation of water from its surface For chapped lips, or chapped nipples, the tincture of catechu, or benjamin, ... / For severely chapped hands or face, the oxide of zinc ointment or camphor …   Wiktionary

• chapped — [[t]tʃæ̱pt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If your skin is chapped, it is dry, cracked, and sore. ...chapped hands... Her skin felt chapped …   English dictionary

• chapped — [tʃæpt] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: chap to chop, crack open (14 21 centuries)] chapped lips or hands are sore, dry, and cracked, especially as a result of cold weather or wind >chap v [T] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Chapped lips — Dry, cracked or sore lips, usually in cold, windy, dry weather and less often in warm weather. Sun exposure can contribute to chapping of the lips. Licking or biting the lips does not help the situation. The lips are more sensitive to chapping… …   Medical dictionary

• chapped — adjective chapped lips or hands are sore, dry, and cracked, especially as a result of cold weather or wind chap verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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] * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• dishpan hands — hands that have become chapped through frequent immersion in soapy water …   English contemporary dictionary

• rub — /rub/, v., rubbed, rubbing, n. v.t. 1. to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area …   Universalium

• eczema — Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin, particularly with vesiculation in the acute stage, typically erythematous, edematous, papular, and crusting; followed often by lichenification and sc …   Medical dictionary

• rub — [[t]rʌb[/t]] v. rubbed, rub•bing, n. 1) to subject (something) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, polishing, or massaging; move one thing back and forth or with a rotary motion along the surface of (something else) 2) to move, spread, or… …   From formal English to slang

• Amandine — A*man dine, n. [F. amande almond. See {Almond}.] 1. The vegetable casein of almonds. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of cold cream prepared from almonds, for chapped hands, etc. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English