Obs. exc. dial. [ME. chapi-en was app. a phonetic variant of cheapien, OE. céapian, owing to different treatment of the diphthong ea (cf. CHAPMAN); but the mod. dial. use may be from chapman or other derivative.] To buy; to buy and sell; to barter; to truck. Cf. CHEAP; CHOP.
a. 1225. Juliana, 63. [Þu] lettest an of þe tweolue þat tu hefdest icoren chapi þe and sullen.
1483. Cath. Angl., 58/2. To chappe, mercari, negociari.
1818. Todd, Chap, to cheap or cheapen; to bargain or deal for a price.
1876. Mid. Yorksh. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Chap, to buy and sell, in a chance way.
