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   Chit (chĭt), n. [Cf. AS. cīð shoot, sprig, from the same root as cīnan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]
   1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, “the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes”.
   
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   2. A child or babe; as, “a forward chit”; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
   
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   A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.
   
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   3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]
   
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   4. A small tool used in cleaving laths.  Knight.
   
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    Chit, Chitty (?) , n. [Hind. chiṭṭī.]
   1.  A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.
   
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   2.  A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.]
   
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   Chit, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.
   
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   I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.
   
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   Chit, 3d pers. sing. of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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