6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.

Chap"let, n. A small chapel or shrine.

Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.] To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.

Chap"man (?), n.; pl. Chapmen (#). [AS. ceßpman; ceßp trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k÷pman, Dan. ki÷pmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.] 1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.]

The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it.

T. Fuller.

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