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Chit   /tʃɪt/   Listen
noun
Chit  n.  
1.
The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
2.
A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. "A little chit of a woman."
3.
An excrescence on the body, as a wart. (Obs.)
4.
A small tool used in cleaving laths.


Chitty, Chit  n.  
1.
A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.
2.
A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. (India, China, etc.)


verb
Chit  v. i.  To shoot out; to sprout. "I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth."


Chit  3d pers. sing. pres.  (3d pers. sing. pres. of Chide) Chideth. (Obs.)





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"Chit" Quotes from Famous Books



... And why should you when I had nothing to say for myself? I ought to have fallen in love with some foolish chit with as little wit about ...
— Orley Farm • Anthony Trollope
... atrocious to be put in my place by a chit like you. I won't put up with it." He frowned at her ferociously. "You weren't above asking my help, but if you are above taking it—I've done ...
— The Swindler and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell
... flirted so at the tennis court and he could not stand it. Father was in a towering rage and now we mayn't play tennis any more. What upset her more than anything was that Father said in front of me: This little chit of 14 is already encouraging people to make love to her. Her eyes were quite red and swollen and she couldn't eat anything at supper because she had such a headache!! We know all about her headaches. But I really can't see why I ...
— A Young Girl's Diary • An Anonymous Young Girl
... has a heap of trouble." And then it struck her that her son's language was not only peculiar but amusing. "A remarkable woman!" She laughed to herself as she thought of it. A little, brown-haired, bright-eyed, fair-skinned chit, pretty and plucky, and accomplished no doubt, but not at all "remarkable." She had no style nor pride. Yankee women never had. And no family of course, or she would not teach a colored school. "Remarkable!" It was about the only thing ...
— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee
... Ah chit ah mooh oo mah kah keh ah kuck koo jeesh oo mong ke zheh ah sun ah kooh oo tah pe nick ah wah se seh oo tah pe nun e nah pe yook oo ta e min ke pah e kun oo que se mon ke pim oo say oo wig ke waum ke ...
— Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages - To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words • John Summerfield


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