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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

... his trade, with a jerk of both wrists slid two glasses and a bottle down the bar so that a glass stopped in front of each man and the bottle came to a standstill between them. Racey spun a dollar on the bar. The bartender nonchalantly swept the dollar into the cash drawer and resumed his chit-chat with the tall man. At which Racey's eyes narrowed slightly. But he made ...

— The Heart of the Range • William Patterson White

... music. Slowly the table thinned, until there only remained a fat, chubby infant right in the middle. He seemingly cared little for the attractions of the piano; with a napkin round his neck, and his chin resting on the tablecloth—for he was a mere chit—he opened his big eyes, and protruded his lips each time that his mamma offered him a spoonful of chocolate. The contents of the cup vanished, and he licked his lips as the last mouthful went down his throat, with eyes more ...

— A Love Episode • Emile Zola

... is indecently beautiful. A chit of a girl of eighteen (for that I learn is her age) has no right to flaunt the beauty that should be the appanage of the woman of seven and twenty. She should be modestly well-favoured, as becomes her childish stage of ...

— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke

... the slightest doubt there have been a million women worse tried since the battle of Prague, never mention Adam. As to Amelia Bracewell, who carries her fan as if it were a sceptre, and slurs her r's like a Londoner, silly chit! I have hardly any patience with her. Charlotte's bad enough, but Amelia! My word, she takes some standing, I can ...

— Out in the Forty-Five - Duncan Keith's Vow • Emily Sarah Holt

... and he can't remember his mother, and has always been at a loss when with clever people. I never understood it till within the last two or three years, nor knew how trying it must be to see such a little chit as me made so much of—almost thrusting him aside. But you cannot think what a warm- hearted good fellow he is—he has never been otherwise than so very kind to me, and he was so very fond of his old aunt. Hitherto, he has had such disadvantages, and no real, ...

— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge

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