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noun

Chit n.

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. "A little chit of a woman."

An excrescence on the body, as a wart. (Obs.)

A small tool used in cleaving laths.

Chitty, Chit n.

A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.

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

... before the fires were lighted; and their coming was a great event to the children of a household. "When a child," says a famous English writer, speaking of the chimney-sweepers of London, "what a mysterious pleasure it was to witness their operation!—to see a chit no bigger than one's self enter into that dark hole—to pursue him in imagination, as he went sounding on through so many stifling caverns—to shudder with the idea, that 'now surely he must be lost forever!'—to revive at hearing his feeble shout of ...

— The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various

... tourist, and is so beautifully printed as to be worthy of a place on any drawing-room table, although the price is modestly fixed at 7s. 6d. only. Mr. Randall sketches landscapes with artistic taste, lingers here and there for anecdote, drops in at the wayside hostelry, and picks up pleasant chit- chat on angling and other subjects. He is evidently a lover of nature, and possesses a pleasing style of demonstrating his devotion ...

— Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway - Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from - Worcester to Shrewsbury • J. Randall

... (jealously.) Then don't say it Leave him alone. It's not bad enough to croak over. Here, Gaddy, take the chit to Bingle and ride hell-for-leather. It'll do ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... would never have believed it! But I declare to you by all that's credible that I am not her lover. I might be, I suppose; but I never yet durst risk the declaration. The chit is so unreal; a mincing doll; she will and she will not; there is no counting on her, by God! And hitherto I have had my own way without, and keep the lover in reserve. And I say, Anna," he added with severity, "you must break yourself of this new ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... will," he retorted irritably. "And if they ask me what 's in the wind, they shall have the truth. Odd's life! I'm not a man to be fooled by a chit of a girl." ...

— Janice Meredith • Paul Leicester Ford

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