to avoid chapping

  • 1Chapped 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

  • 2placenta —    The information on popular *childbirth practices is too inadequate to allow us to judge whether the placenta was always formally disposed of (not just thrown away), but this seems likely. In 20th century midwifery, the official rule was to… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore