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[Benjamin]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Wotan wrote:
> 
>  And likewise I can't find 
> > any fish (noun or verb?) remotely connected with chap. But, from 
> this 
> > morning's paper, the answer is indeed chap! We need Simon and his 
> > access to the full OED. 


Best I can do relating chap to fish is fissure...

{OED}:
1. An open fissure or crack in a surface, made by chopping or 
splitting. 

  b. esp. A painful fissure or crack in the skin, descending to the 
flesh: chiefly caused by exposure of hands, lips, etc., to frost or 
cold wind. 

  c. fig. <<


Happy St. Patricks Day
-Ben.