chit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A child or babe

   A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

   • Madam was a little chit of a woman, not five feet in her highest headdress and shoes, and Mr. Washington a great tall man of six feet two.
   • “These are returns,” I said, “quite fit To me, who nursed you when a chit. For shame, lay by this envious art; Is this to act a sister's part?”
   • […] he seemed to come forward from an era of sexual defiance and fighting alliances and to cast a dismissive eye over a little chit like Nick, who had never fought for anything.
2. 2

   A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

   • Hilda drove in silence for some time after this piece of unheard-of insolence from that chit Connie.
3. 3

   The embryonic growing bud of a plant.

   • Near-synonyms: shoot, sprout, seedling
   • the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
   • The Barley after it has been couched four or five days in cold Weather will sweat a little, and begin to show the Chit or Sprit at the Root-end of the Corn,
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   1. 4

      An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

   2. 5

      To sprout

      To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.

      • I have known it chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth of the Cistern and within three days come enough; the Maltster being forced to stir it six, seven or eight times a day,
   3. 6

      To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.

   4. 7

      To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special…

      To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.

      • Gardeners argue among themselves about how necessary chitting is, but I stick with tradition and do chit my seed potatoes.
   5. 8

      A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal…

      A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.

   6. 9

      A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system.

   7. 10

      A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled

      A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.

   8. 11

      A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for…

      A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.

   9. 12

      A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.

   10. 13

       A restaurant bill or check

       • When asking for the bill or chit in a Philippine restaurant, you can make use of hand signals if the waiter is quite far off.
   11. 14

       A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political…

       A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

       • Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.
   12. 15

       A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare

       A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

       • Then lastly (with their Chit) they cleave their Laths into their thicknesses, by the Quarter Grain, which is that Grain which is seen to run in strait Lines towards the Pith.
       • This should be specially selected, cut into lengths, and split by wedges into bolts, with a dowel axe into fittings, and with a chit split into laths.
   13. 16

       Shit.

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