What does "chit" mean?
Chit: A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.
Additional senses
- 2.An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]
- 3.A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.
- 4.To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.
- 5.Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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